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Katherina Tarnai-Lokhorst, P.Eng, FEC, FGC (hon)

~ BASc, MBA, DSocSci, Past President: Engineers and Geoscientists BC

Katherina Tarnai-Lokhorst, P.Eng, FEC, FGC (hon)

Tag Archives: public school

Engineering Emergency | Change the Equation

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by Katherina Tarnai-Lokhorst in General

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education, engineering, gender, math, physics, public school, race, STEM

Just received an email with this link:  Engineering Emergency | Change the Equation.

I am curious where women fit into this equation…  Still, this is a concern for our American neighbours and, therefore, a concern for us.  Fairness is necessary for all and that should really include equal access to higher levels of mathematics and physics courses in high school.  What this page does not tell is whether high schools that did offer those courses were open and accessible for these students — oh, and what is the percentage of white student who attended high schools that did not offer these courses? Continue reading →

Project To Study Different Techniques For Teaching Engineering To Young Students

13 Monday Jan 2014

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education, engineering, gender, public school

From the ASEE aggregator. I will have to connect with these people when I begin my own research…

The Dracut (MA) Valley Dispatch (1/12, Feinstein) reported that a program called Exploring the Efficacy of Elementary Engineering (E4 Project) “will gauge the efficacy of different techniques for teaching engineering to” young students, fifth graders. Also, the E4 Project will “evaluate how engineering instruction affects children from groups that are underrepresented in engineering, including girls.” Christine Cunningham, who leads the E4 project, said, “Our preliminary research suggests that very young children really can master engineering concepts and practices -and that they benefit in a number of ways when engineering is part of their classroom experience.”

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