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These slides, provided by Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), were presented at the 2013 Spring Academy - Building Pathways: Developing the Future of the Manufacturing Workforce. "Topics included preparing high school and college students for employment in...

The Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC) is a consortium of over 50 college partners and 30 corporate manufacturing companies working to strengthen the competency and global competitiveness of the automotive manufacturing workforce. This Products document gives an...

These slides, provided by Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), were presented at the 2013 Spring Academy - Building Pathways: Developing the Future of the Manufacturing Workforce. "Topics included preparing high school and college students for employment in...

This 28-page report, created by the Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), provides an executive summary with findings from a national case study of five exemplary career pathway programs that work, as well as a review of existing literature on career pathways within the...

These slides, provided by Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), were presented at the Ready, Set, Launch Fall Academy conference held November 11-13, 2013. "This academy was held to discuss examples of AMTEC's curriculum implementation at Alamo Community College...

This paper, by Aki Rasinen, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy of Technology in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, covers technology education curricula of six countries: Australia, England, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. An overview is...

This paper by Rodney L. Custer, Brigitte G. Valesey, and Barry N. Burke, covers problem solving in technological education and presents and assessment model to evaluate technological design activities. The research problem, objectives, methodology, findings, and recommendations are discussed.

This article, published by Nanowerk, provides an example of the way in which the use of nanotechnology in combination with other branches of science and technology leads to technological innovations.  The paper cites a specific instance where "the convergence of nanotechnology, microtechnology,...

This one page PDF, from the GeoTech Center, provides essential resources for starting a new geospatial academic program.

This slide deck was presented on October 26, 2017 as part of a National Academy of Sciences workshop on the role of digital tutors. This workshop, titled The Role of Digital Tutors, "describe[s] the evidence on the efficacy of Digital Tutors, exploring our current knowledge about the capabilities...