ATE Central - ProBase: Engaging Technology

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http://www.probase.ilstu.edu/

Publisher:

Illinois State University

Description: Project Probase is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop high school level technology education curricula. The Probase curricula will help prepare high school students who plan to go on to community college technician education programs or university-level engineering programs.<br /><br /><br><br>During the three-year project, a set of eight learning learning units for the 11th and 12th grade levels will be developed. These learning units will use hands-on problem-solving activities to teach fundamentals of technology in the fields of agriculture, information and communications, entertainment and recreation, energy and power, transportation, medicine, construction and manufacturing.

LC Classification:

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Education -- Special topics, A-Z -- Engineering education
Education -- Individual institutions (United States) -- Individual institutions -- United States -- Community colleges. Junior colleges
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Teaching (Principles and practice) -- Problem-based learning

GEM Subject:

Science -- Engineering
Science -- Instructional issues
Vocational Education -- Trade and industrial

Resource Type:

Instructional Materials
Reading Materials
Science Materials
Collection (DCMI Type Vocabulary)

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