In this essay, I remind readers of the importance of using SoTL work in a range of ways and settings at different levels to increase our impact on student learning as well as institutional and disciplinary cultures I briefly discuss and illustrate six strategies already in use on which we can build

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Making a Difference: Application of SoTL to Enhance Learning

In this essay, I remind readers of the importance of using SoTL work in a range of ways and settings at different levels to increase our impact on student learning as well as institutional and disciplinary cultures. I briefly discuss and illustrate six strategies already in use on which we can build.

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This article examines innovative approaches to augmenting science lessons taught in middle and high school, with special emphasis on the importance of the early teen years, when experiences both in and out of school have significant impact on career decisions. This is a reflective essay on the recent work of science educators and educational researchers hoping to increase science literacy in American students and inspire them to choose STEM careers. The creativity and breadth of the techniques discussed have important implications for the way in which student teachers are prepared within college secondary education programs.

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Innovative Teaching and Technology in the Service of Science: Recruiting the Next Generation of STEM Students.

In many areas of the German industry exists a shortage of engineers. A challenge is the demanding education and the competences required for engineers, depending on the specialist area. Thereby an increasing importance of soft skills is visible, e.g. in the key qualifications published by the Association of German Engineers (VDI). This paper contributes the understanding of the professional requirements set on engineers by analyzing 60 job advertisements in the German machinery and plant engineering industry. One major result is all advertisements request professional expertise. Besides technical competences in about 72 % of the vacancies the ability to communicate and in about 58 % of the vacancies the ability to work in a team is required. Completing the top three soft skills individual responsibility is required in about 48 % of the vacancies. It illustrates that social skills are on the advance regarding requested competences for engineers.

Engineering competences: A content analysis of job advertisements

A fundamental principle guiding engineering course schedules and student advisement at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is to offer courses a student would take in his/her second year at target universities to minimize the chance that s/he would be on the “five (plus) year plan” after transfer. We describe how the model is implemented with respect to systems engineering in this paper. Planning for this new academic track took place in Fall, 2011; the pilot of the Introduction to Systems Engineering course occurred in Spring, 2012 and Fall, 2012. The course is consciously structured after the introductory course at the University of Virginia (UVa), the transfer target for a majority of PVCC students, to ensure that the transfer credit is accepted and students are prepared for success. Based on our experiences in the pilots, the syllabus became slightly modified to prepare students for study in other undergraduate programs in systems engineering. Course goals, objectives, and content are described. Finally, we offer student reflections on their experiences and course utility as they prepare to transfer to university engineering programs. The availability of the second year systems engineering courses proved to be attractive to both students who want to major in systems engineering as well as students wanting to fulfill technical electives. It is our hope that this model will inspire adoption by other community college – university partnerships as a means of increasing the number of students preparing for careers in systems engineering.

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Establishing A Community College Pathway to Baccalaureate Systems Engineering Programs

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