Abstract
Recently, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has embarked on an ambitious effort to promote and improve K-12 engineering and engineering technology education. Since 2003, the ASEE has created a new K-12 division dedicated to K-12 engineering education, created a guidebook for high school students called Engineering, Go for It! that was distributed to almost 350,000 secondary students, created an e-newsletter that reaches 10,000 secondary teachers, guidance counselors, and outreach program leaders, and created a survey to understand what secondary teachers think of engineering as an academic and career pathway for their students. Finally, ASEE brought together leaders from industry and higher education along with K-12 teachers for a Leadership Workshop on K-12 Engineering Outreach, held just before the ASEE 2004 Annual Conference and Exposition in Salt Lake City, Utah. A recent paper detailing the results of that conference and delineating guidelines for how K-12 engineering education works best and defines key challenges confronting the field was recently published.
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