The InVenture Challenge: Inspiring STEM learning through invention and entrepreneurship
- Autores: Roxanne Moore, Sunni H. Newton, Amanda D. Baskett
- Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 33, no. Extra 1 (Parte B), 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Current Trends in K-12 Engineering Education), págs. 361-370
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The InVenture Challenge seeks to bring design, engineering, invention, and entrepreneurship to K-12 education byproviding a framework, curriculum, and competition that can be used by teachers in different disciplines with support fromGeorgia Institute of Technology faculty and staff. Modeled after Georgia Tech’s InVenture Prize, a ‘Shark-Tank’ stylecompetition for Georgia Tech undergraduates that is televised throughout Georgia, the InVenture Challenge attempts todeliver the same authentic experience to younger participants by providing resources and mentoring to K-12 teachers toimplement engineering, design, and entrepreneurship lessons. In this paper, we present the motivation for the InVentureChallenge, lesson plans, resources, teacher survey feedback, and teacher focus group themes from the third year ofimplementation. The teacher survey data is related to perceptions of the program, self-efficacy for teaching engineering andentrepreneurship, observed student outcomes, challenges experienced during implementation, and recommendations forimplementation within different schools and classroom settings. In general, teachers perceive the InVenture Challenge asan engaging way to introduce students to engineering and find value in the connection to the Georgia Tech community.
