From new teaching strategies to innovative equipment, STEM is positioned for growth.What does this mean for the next generation of engineers?
從新的教學策略到創新設備， STEM一直以青少年群體為本。 這對下一代工程師意味著什麼呢?
The need for additional applicants in STEM fields continues to rise, and students who begin these studies earlier are better equipped to fulfill these roles. From programming robots to working with satellites and remote vehicles, students are more interested than ever in STEM programs, which offer more real-world experience and interactivity than more traditional methods of education.
在STEM領域， 對申請者的需求一直在持續增長， 只有那些提前開始STEM研究的學生更有能力勝任這些角色。 從機器人程式設計到使用衛星和遠端交通工具都可以激發學生們對STEM項目的興趣。 與傳統的教育方式相比， STEM教育提供更多的實際體驗和互動機會。
And, as companies and researchers collaborate to meet the unique needs of STEM in the classroom, teachers are getting onboard, too.
公司和研究人員通力合作以滿足STEM在課堂上的獨特需求， 同時， 教師們也開始加入這一合作。
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ABetter Kind of STEM in Schools
一種STEM融入學校的更好方式
The National Science Foundation, the University of GeorgiaCollege of Engineering, and the UGA College of Education recentlyfunded a $2.1 million study that seeks to develop a modelcourse for elementary school teachers interested in broadening STEM in theirclassroom, eventually lessening the gender gap that exists in engineering.
美國國家科學基金會、Georgia大學工程學院和Georgia大學教育學院最近資助了一項210萬美元的研究項目， 該研究旨在為小學教師開發一種樣板課程， 以擴大STEM課堂上的比重， 並最終減少工程中存在的性別差距。
Tim Foutz, who is a professor in the College of Engineering’sSchool of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering andprincipal researcher in the study said, “There are numerous articles thatprovide evidence that coding skills are needed in virtually any career that ayoung student may later choose to pursue. The project is focused on learning toconstruct and critique arguments, an essential foundational skill fordecision-making.”
Tim Foutz是一名大學工程學院的教授， 同時對環境、文明、農業和機械工程都有很深入的研究。
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The project is set to last three years and is called CollectiveArgumentation Learning and Coding or CALC. It integrates coding and roboticsinto existing methods of teaching students, making it relatively easy tointegrate. Roger Hill, who is a professor in the College of Education'sdepartment of career and information studies and a project researcher, believesthe STEM has an important place in the classroom. “There are many differentkinds of scientific and mathematic principles that might be incorporated intoone of these lessons. We pick and choose depending on what we need to teach andone of the strategies has been to have teachers identify areas where they havestruggled in the past,” he said.
該項目將持續3年， 被稱為“集體式討論學習以及程式設計”， 它將程式設計和機器人技術整合到現有的教學方法中， 使他們能更好的整合在一起。 Roger Hill是美國教育學院職業與資訊研究學院的教授， 同時他也是一名項目研究員。 他認為， STEM在課堂上佔有重要地位：“一個課程可能會包含許多不同種類的科學和數學原理。 我們可以根據需要教的東西來選擇需要的知識， 當然， 這需要教師有能力對以往學過的東西進行劃分。
The research team will also provide coaching to teachersinvolved in the program and provide assessments that analyze both student andteacher performance designed to improve the program over time.
研究小組還將為參與該項目的教師提供指導， 並進行評估， 以分析學生和教師的表現， 來提高項目的品質。
Hill believes their approach is different because it is moreintegrated. “Our traditional approach to instruction is not only elementaryschool, but at all different levels, tends to be split into silos. With thisstudy, we don’t do that. It’s all mushed together kind of like real lifebecause it’s contextualized,” he says. The program is largely focused onreal-world experience.
Hill認為， 他們的方法是不同的， 因為它更綜合。 他說:“我們傳統的教學方式往往是一種分割式的教學， 這一點不僅僅體現在小學， 也體現在更高年級裡。 有了這項研究， 我們就不需要那麼做了。 教學方式應該是整合式的， 就像真實的生活一樣， 是情境化的。 ”。 這個項目主要注重現實世界的經驗。
“One thing we are hoping is that helping students to makearguments in their coding rather than relying on trial and error will decreasetheir frustration with coding and increase their connections to mathematics andscience, as they will use similar methods and vocabulary across the subjects.Also, exposing students to coding and robotics at an early age will hopefullyspark an interest in these and other STEM areas of study,” says AnnaMarieConner, an associate professor in the department of mathematics and scienceeducation.
“我們所期望的是能幫助學生在程式設計的過程中進行討論， 而不是依賴於不斷嘗試和錯誤後進行改正， 這樣能增加他們對程式設計的信心。 他們可以把同樣的方法運用到不同的科目中， 也可以幫助增加對數學和科學的認知。
The researchers hope that the outcomes of the study informcomputer science, mathematics and science education on the potential positivesof an augmentation-based approach to STEM, incorporating existing teachingpractices with a STEM+C program.
研究人員希望， 這項研究的結果能證明電腦科學、數學和科學教育：這是一種潛在的有效方式， 可以將現有的教學實踐與“STEM+c”計畫結合在一起。
Programs that seek to work with teachers are typically easier toimplement—but what about equipment?
與教師合作的專案通常更容易實現， 但是設備呢?
AFresh (Robotics) Take on the Graphing Calculator
一種新型的(自動化的)圖形電腦
Texas Instruments recentlyannounced the TI-Innovator Rover, a robotics solutions designedspecifically for middle and high school students interested in an interactiveSTEM experience. Using a TI graphing calculator, students can write programsthat control Rover.
德州儀器公司最近發佈了一款專為對互動式的STEM體驗感興趣的初中、高中學生設計的機器人解決方案“TI-創新漫遊者”。 通過TI圖形電腦， 學生可以編寫控制漫遊者的程式。
圖片來源|TI.
Rover is designed so that even students with little to noexperience can begin writing basic programs that make the robot dance, crash,or draw. “We created Rover to demystify robotics and give students who might beintimidated by programming an easy on-ramp to learn to code. Given the sheerjoy we have seen on students’ faces as they learned to code during our testingphase, we are excited to see how Rover will inspire more young minds through anintroduction to robotics,” says Peter Balyta, president of TI EducationTechnology.
教育技術的總裁Peter Balyta說：“漫遊者”的設計是為了讓那些幾乎沒有經驗的學生能夠開始編寫一些基本程式， 如讓機器人跳舞、碰撞或畫畫等。 “我們創建了漫遊者機器人來揭開機器人技術的神秘感， 讓那些可能被程式設計嚇到的同學， 重新開始學習程式設計。 ”在我們的測試階段， 我們很高興看到學生們在學習程式設計的過程中得到的巨大的快樂， 通過機器人技術，我們將會看到更多的年輕人的想法。”
Rover is designed specifically for use in a classroom, and isrechargeable, has a color sensor, distance sensor, LED display, gyroscope andmarker holder to trace on paper. The robot is expected to be available forpurchase throughout the United States and Canada in late fall and throughoutEurope in 2018.
漫遊者是專門為在教室裡使用而設計的，它可充電，具有彩色感測器、距離感測器、LED顯示幕、陀螺儀和用於在紙上進行追蹤的記號筆。該機器人預計將于2018年底在美國和加拿大銷售，並將於2018年在整個歐洲銷售。
In a test group consisting of students from Girls, Inc. inMetropolitan Dallas, students noted that they really liked how visual,interactive, and interesting Rover was, which is a common reaction to increasedSTEM in the classroom.
在一個由達拉斯都市女孩公司的學生組成的測試小組中，學生們發現“漫遊者”是如此的逼真，互動，有趣。當然，這是在課堂上增加STEM內容後的常見效果。
Initiatives and methods like these are relatively unique to thisupcoming generation of engineers. To an extent, this is a continuation of theevolution that is constantly occurring in classrooms around the globe,including engineering classrooms. But the existence and especially thewidespread availability of more complex electronics than even 10 years agomeans that the education kids are receiving today is markedly different thanany received before.
類似這樣的計畫和方法對於新一代的工程師來說是獨一無二的。從某種程度上說，這是全球範圍內教室中發生的不斷進化的延續，比如工程教室。但這種進化，尤其是10年間迅猛發展的電子產品的普及，意味著如今的孩子們接受的教育與以往任何時候都有明顯的不同。
The result will doubtlessly be that these children will havemore opportunities to experiment with and eventually design and pioneer newtechnologies. Does that mean that they're more advanced overall? How do thesenew techniques and concepts compare to what you were exposed to in your owneducation?
毫無疑問的說，這些孩子將有更多的機會進行實驗，完成最終設計並開創新技術。那這是否意味著他們將更有優勢?這些新技術和概念如何與你在自己的教育中所接觸到的東西相比較?
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圖文編輯| Belinda
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文字來源|
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/evolution-of-stem-education-produce-advanced-generation-ee-engineers/
通過機器人技術，我們將會看到更多的年輕人的想法。”Rover is designed specifically for use in a classroom, and isrechargeable, has a color sensor, distance sensor, LED display, gyroscope andmarker holder to trace on paper. The robot is expected to be available forpurchase throughout the United States and Canada in late fall and throughoutEurope in 2018.
漫遊者是專門為在教室裡使用而設計的，它可充電，具有彩色感測器、距離感測器、LED顯示幕、陀螺儀和用於在紙上進行追蹤的記號筆。該機器人預計將于2018年底在美國和加拿大銷售，並將於2018年在整個歐洲銷售。
In a test group consisting of students from Girls, Inc. inMetropolitan Dallas, students noted that they really liked how visual,interactive, and interesting Rover was, which is a common reaction to increasedSTEM in the classroom.
在一個由達拉斯都市女孩公司的學生組成的測試小組中，學生們發現“漫遊者”是如此的逼真，互動，有趣。當然，這是在課堂上增加STEM內容後的常見效果。
Initiatives and methods like these are relatively unique to thisupcoming generation of engineers. To an extent, this is a continuation of theevolution that is constantly occurring in classrooms around the globe,including engineering classrooms. But the existence and especially thewidespread availability of more complex electronics than even 10 years agomeans that the education kids are receiving today is markedly different thanany received before.
類似這樣的計畫和方法對於新一代的工程師來說是獨一無二的。從某種程度上說，這是全球範圍內教室中發生的不斷進化的延續，比如工程教室。但這種進化，尤其是10年間迅猛發展的電子產品的普及，意味著如今的孩子們接受的教育與以往任何時候都有明顯的不同。
The result will doubtlessly be that these children will havemore opportunities to experiment with and eventually design and pioneer newtechnologies. Does that mean that they're more advanced overall? How do thesenew techniques and concepts compare to what you were exposed to in your owneducation?
毫無疑問的說，這些孩子將有更多的機會進行實驗，完成最終設計並開創新技術。那這是否意味著他們將更有優勢?這些新技術和概念如何與你在自己的教育中所接觸到的東西相比較?
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圖文編輯| Belinda
圖片來源| 網路
文字來源|
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/evolution-of-stem-education-produce-advanced-generation-ee-engineers/