Practice Brief 7 -- Topics: Background Engineering Instruction Equity
Learning STEM Through Design: Students Benefit from Expanding What Counts as "Engineering"
Authors:
MEG ESCUDÉ, MOLLY SHEA, AND PHILIP BELL
Engineering design activities can be a powerful entry point into science learning. Engineering is typically defined very narrowly in K-12 education, which keeps students from engaging in rich classroom activities that connect professional practices to the many ways engineering and design can play out in their personal lives and communities. For this reason, it is useful to promote a broad view of "engineering" in the classroom.
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