students have been involved in theproject. Data Collection, Sources, and ManagementInitial and Ethical Considerations The process for collecting and using data in P-12 school settings is significantly differentthan other fields, such as social networks or e-commerce (Carmel, 2016). Those who have accessto the data need to have clear boundaries and parameters on what to access and whichinformation can be made available in which levels of the data (Carmel, 2016). Therefore, ethicalconsideration is vital when conducting research. In this context, ethics are the norms of conductthat must be followed when conducting research as they aid in distinguishing between acceptableand unacceptable behaviors (Resnik, 2011). The
classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On the days without class scheduled, students are required to come, and finish assigned homework and class work. In doing so, it creates a professional work ethic giving students a responsibility in remaining active and communicating with their team. In general, the summer training was divided into the mechanical, electrical, programming, and teamwork components of the VEX competition. Week Meeting Scheduled Topics 1 1 Introduction to the new VEX Competition Challenge and Analysis. 2 Introduction to drivetrain types and their optimization. 3 Drivetrain analysis and building different
usedwas collected for a previous research project, and expected challenges of methodologicalintegrity [73] and quality of research exist. Since the researcher was also the instructor as datawas collected although for different purposes, this poses a threat to validity theoretically,procedurally, communication-wise, pragmatically, and ethically[74-76]. From preliminary application, this engineering epistemic frame shows potential forrevealing skills in interactions and conversations that are expressed differently or less frequentlycaptured on traditional paper methods. Specifically, it has the potential to capture values orepistemology that are not currently assessed in K-12 students. Another advantage of thisengineering frame is that it
], Theil Fellowships [4], the Work Ethic Scholarship Program [5,6],and similar opportunities that promote and/or fund young people postponing or skipping collegeto pursue independent research, found start-up companies, pursue skilled trades careers, and/orcreate social movements.We propose an alternative to resurrecting high school shop: deploy inexpensive and topically-relevant hands-on learning activities into existing conventional high school Science, Technology,Entrepreneurship, Arts, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEAEM) courses. This approachenables theoretical coursework and applied hands-on classroom activities to coexist, providingrich opportunities to complement one another. In parallel this approach enables schools to offerthe
(classroom scale) Discuss the application of STEM strategies as part of the implementation of engineering problem-based learning experiences. The engineering process as the application of scientific and mathematical knowledge to obtain a solution. Examine STEM issues from a6 scientific vs. engineering Effectively address controversial STEM issues within the local perspective. community (e.g. addressing sociocultural, moral and ethical aspects of the STEM solution). Discuss the importance of an economic
topics in my lesson plans.” The teachers werealso asked to rate the availability of resources in their school. On the question of “Whenit comes to children online, it should be up to parents, not teachers, to teach cybersafety, cyber bullying and cyber security,” all teachers except 4 agreed with the item.Also, on the item “My school/school district does an adequate job of preparing studentsregarding cyber ethics, online safety, and computer security issues,” only two peopleagreed.The results indicate that the only solution to teachers being able to promotecybersecurity topics in their schools is to get support from their schools whichaccording to the results is not available. Teachers seemed to have a good understandingof the basic
. On-campus housing is provided to the Scholars. A resident coordinator is present at all times to handle logistical, operational, and emergency matters. Multifaceted daily activities are administered, including lectures on mathematics, science, communications, social justice and ethics (e.g., construction of racial identity, identifying inequalities), workshops on technical writing, coding, robotics, and resume building, hands-on team challenges (projects), professional tours, social and shopping trips, and personal time. All projects are team-based where two to three Scholars collaborate under the guidance of ambassadors. Each project is a challenge for which each team must
engineering basedapproaches to develop functionally and physiologically analogous models of human organs [42],[43]. Modeling of preclinical screening of pharmaceuticals commonly requires in-vivo techniques.Even as the in-vivo techniques are currently indispensable, they suffer from myriad limitations,e.g., low throughput, long trial periods, ethical concerns, and complications associated with cross-species result transfer and validation. As a result, in-vitro models for screening of pharmaceuticalsare gaining increasing attention to create devices with high throughputs and improve the efficiencyof preclinical trials. Nonetheless, some in-vitro models (e.g., those based on microfluidics) mayfail to replicate conditions present in the body and thus
; an example of Axis 7: Engineering’s Ethical Implications. These engineeringexperiences and many others like them occurring throughout the rocket module were unique andvaluable for high school students. The general lack of student recognition revealed by theirsurveys that they were, in fact, doing engineering may arise from the conflation of engineeringwith science endemic in schools identified by Pleasants and Olson [2]. The instructor could havedone a better job illuminating for students these “engineering teaching moments” as theyoccurred. Our own research contains examples of advanced projects adapted for high school thatfailed to hold student interest and attention because they were not designed or implemented withthe P-12 environment in