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Strengthening Pre-College Science, Math, Engineering and Technology Education: The Technological Literacy and Workforce Imperative
Pages 47-51

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... In addition to creating a technologically literate citizenry, there is an urgent need to develop a technologically capable workforce that can compete in the global economy. Employers are increasingly concerned about the lack of technically skilled workers.
From page 48...
... ASME International offers the following recommendations for improving K-12 SMET educational performance: · Increase federally funded research focused on SMET teaching and learning to cultivate the most effective teaching methods. · Recruit, train, and retain qualified SMET teachers to meet demand.
From page 49...
... Policy makers should enhance the recruitment, training, and retention of qualified SMET teachers by creating programs that · improve in-service professional development focusing on SMET curricula; · facilitate alternative certification and transition-to-teaching programs for engineers and other technical professionals; · institute mentoring programs for SMET personnel in schools; · implement what is already known regarding how students learn in teacher professional development programs; · attract SMET teachers via scholarships, student loan forgiveness, bonuses, and tax incentives; · allow for differential pay scales to help attract and retain qualified SMET educators; and, · include /increase SMET coursework in pre-service /university teacher training. Foster partnerships among educational institutions, industry, and nonprofit organizations.
From page 50...
... Policymakers and other stakeholders should · promote and endorse private sector standard-setting projects; · support the development of hands-on, open-ended problem-solving curricula and modules of engineering problems, grouped by discipline and level of difficulty, for the K-12 classroom; · pursue the development of better assessment mechanisms aligned with state and local standards; · advocate the inclusion of both curriculum and assessment standards in SMET by boards of education, where they are not currently adopted; and · resist the tendency to "push back" standards when assessment results are less than satisfactory. Encourage women and minorities to pursue SMET coursework and careers.
From page 51...
... Policymakers should · provide incentives and mentoring for women and minorities to pursue K-12 SMET teaching careers; · foster outreach and SMET career materials to K-12 guidance counselors, teachers, and parents; · support SMET magnet schools in school districts with large minority enrollments; and · foster public-private partnerships to ensure those schools serving large minority enrollments have computer lab and other technologies to support the delivery of high-quality SMET education. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a nonprofit technical and educational organization with 125,000 members worldwide.


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