You Don't Have to Be a Rocket Scientist: Using a Project Management Lens and Agile Methodologies to Enhance Student Employability Skills and Innovation

Autor/in	Rasmussen, Kelsey
Titel	You Don't Have to Be a Rocket Scientist: Using a Project Management Lens and Agile Methodologies to Enhance Student Employability Skills and Innovation
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 89 (2022) 5, S.50-55 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	High School Students; STEM Education; Skill Development; Career Readiness; Job Skills; Employment Potential; Methods; Teaching Methods; Labor Needs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; STEM; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Method; Methode; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf
Abstract	Society values the vital role scientists and engineers play in solving urgent, real-world problems such as developing COVID-19 vaccines. The NGSS framework for Engineering Design articulates specific practices and disciplinary core ideas that work in conjunction with other science standards to equip today's youth to be solvers of tomorrow's problems: asking questions, defining problems, and developing and optimizing solutions. Students learning engineering design develop the most in-demand employability skills: creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability, and emotional intelligence. Despite the urgency, teaching for innovation remains a challenge. Facilitating student innovation requires persisting without an answer key and can feel unnerving. Uncertainty reduces teacher clarity, an important metric in student progress and achievement. Preparing students to solve authentic problems requires departure from backward design, and incorporation of new strategies to help students navigate uncertainty. This article shares classroom-tested strategies, inspired by methods used across many industries, to level-up student development of science and engineering practices and leadership. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01