· 2020
Engineering Is Elementary: An Engineering And Technology Curriculum For Children
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- 2020year
Short summary
A new curriculum, 'Engineering Is Elementary,' aims to improve technological literacy by teaching engineering concepts to young children.
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Key points
- Societal dependence on engineering and technology necessitates greater public understanding.
- A significant gap exists in technological literacy among citizens.
- This gap is largely attributed to the absence of technology and engineering in school curricula.
- The 'Engineering Is Elementary' curriculum is proposed to address this educational deficit.
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Abstract
As our society becomes increasingly dependent on engineering and technology, it is more important than ever that everyone have a basic understanding of what engineers do, and the uses and implications of the technologies they create. Yet few citizens are technologically literate, in large part because technology and engineering are not taught in our schools 1 .
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