NSF Funded Projects: Perspectives of Project Leaders

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Title:

NSF Funded Projects: Perspectives of Project Leaders

Url:

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v12n1/custer.html

Creator:

Custer, Rodney L.
Loepp, Franzie
Martin, G. Eugene

Publisher:

Journal of Technology Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Description: The potential for significant grants for technology education in the United States has increased in recent years. In addition to state agencies, federal agencies such as NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF) 1 and the United States Office of Education (USOE) have begun to fund technology education. Also, private foundations such as the Technical Foundation of America (TFA) and companies such as the AutoDesk Foundation have also issued requests for proposals (RFP) to enhance technology education. This momentum will no doubt continue.

The advocacy for a more technologically literate society is being championed by prestigious agencies, organizations, and associations. For example, the NSF and NASA have not only funded the development of Technology for All Americans: A Rationale and Structure for the Study of Technology (1996), but also the development of K-12 content standards for technology education which were released in April 2000. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the National Research Council (NRC) have launched initiatives to make the case for technological literacy for all Americans. Furthermore, the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Benchmarks (1993) and the NRC's National Science Education Standards (1996) both contain sections focused directly on technological literacy.

Target Audience: High School Faculty/Administrators

LC Classification:

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Education -- Special topics, A-Z -- Engineering education
Education -- Special aspects of education -- Types of education -- Industrial education (General) -- High technology and education
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Higher education -- Curriculum

GEM Subject:

Science -- Engineering
Vocational Education -- Trade and industrial

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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National Center for Manufacturing Education

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