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Research and Evaluation
1. Strategies for Recruiting and
Supporting Girls in Technology Education
This guide can be used to improve everyday teaching practices
that are often invisible to or unintentional on the part of
the educator but still diminish the ability of the student
to connect with the curriculum, engage in the learning process,
and see themselves in nontraditional careers. Our research
has shown that sensitizing teachers to the need for equity,
and giving them the tools to promote it, results in an increase
in the frequency of positive interactions between teachers
and females and increases the success and retention of female
students. The strategies have been specifically designed for
Technology Education departments that historically have had
difficulty attracting and retaining female students to their
classrooms. This guide
is available for download here.
2. Career Education Activities
for Technology Education
This project is designed to assist Technology
Education instructors in incorporating career activities into
their courses. The goal of this project is to provide a guide
for instructors to connect their classroom activities and
thus their students to a full range of careers and to help
students explore all of their options. In order to attract
students, and particularly female students, to these careers,
explicit and ongoing career activities must be integrated
into the daily curriculum. All students benefit from this
enhancement but students who are less informed about these
career options may benefit most. This
guide is available for download here.
3. World of Science and Technology
This course is designed as an introduction to Technology
Education for middle school students who have had little formal
experience with the study of Technology, with an emphasis
on gender equity and nontraditional student enrollment. The
primary objective is for students to see technology as part
of their everyday experience. This perspective is cultivated
through a three-fold approach that focuses on process over
product, connects technology with other academic disciplines,
and encourages students to make effective contributions to
a field that can be intimidating or inaccessible. The course
is organized in sections based on traditional areas of technology:
communication, construction, transportation, and manufacturing.
They will explore technology through research and hands-on
activities using the design process to meet problem solving
challenges. Technology provides a context for teaching academics
and contributing to students' academic achievement, while
simultaneously teaching occupational and vocational skills.
A disc with the curriculum and activities is available by
mail. To receive a copy, please email us at: cwealf@cwealf.org
or call 860-247-6090.
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