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National Academies Press, 2021
NASA created the University Leadership Initiative (ULI) to engage creative and innovative minds in the academic arena to identify significant aeronautics and aviation research challenges and define their unique approach to their solution. The ULI was started in 2015 as part of the larger University Innovation Project, with the goal of seeking new,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aviation Education, Scientific Research, Educational Research
Sutton, Kevin; Doyle, Laura; Bowers, Sharon; Jaramillo, Rebecca; Ernst, Jeremy V. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2022
Although designed for informal educational structures and non-formal providers, the AeroEducate initiative offers youth in a variety of settings an initial exposure to the world of aviation and aeronautics. Real-world and context-based experiences spark learners' interests and may help them discover a personal and/or professional passion for the…
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, STEM Education, Learning Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
Amato, Joseph C. – Physics Teacher, 2022
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration--European Space Agency collaborative mission to test the feasibility of defending Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact by using a spacecraft to deflect the asteroid away from the planet. Launched on Nov. 23, 2021, the DART spacecraft will intercept…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Space Sciences
Budajová, Kristína; Komová, Eva; Berežný, Štefan; Glaser-Opitz, Henrich – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2017
This article describes an educational challenge which was prepared for students at the faculty of Aeronautics, Technical University of Košice. Our goal is to improve the methods of the practical training by introducing modern automation and information technologies to the experiments and to the processing of acquired data. We have updated our…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Aviation Education
Knezek, Gerald A.; Christensen, Rhonda W.; Ng, Carolyn Y. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2020
Space science education is an area of emerging importance in the 21st Century. Missions sponsored by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and programs facilitated through the NASA Space Science Education Consortium (NSSEC) offer unique opportunities to foster learner interest in space science as well as the broader field…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Space Sciences, Science Education, Aerospace Education
US Congress, 2018
The Women in Aerospace Education Act was put in place to amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the promotion of Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics and Space Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to women, and for other…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Females, Womens Education, Federal Legislation
Nathan, Mitchell J.; Swart, Michael I. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
Materialist design is presented as an embodied perspective on educational design that can be applied to redesign of classroom-based learning environments. Materialist design is informed by a framework of materialist epistemology, which positions material innovation on equal placement with symbol-based formal theory. Historical examples of…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Instructional Design, Video Games, Technology Uses in Education
Gueorguieva, Petia; Ghosh, Sayantani; Martini, Ashlie; Lu, Jennifer – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
With support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Merced Anomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES) was launched in the summer of 2015 at the University of California Merced (UC Merced). MACES is a research and education center, focused on creating innovative materials-enabled solutions for energy and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Fellowships, Aerospace Education
Nathan, Mitchell J.; Swart, Michael I. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Materialist design is presented as an embodied perspective on educational design that can be applied to redesign of classroom-based learning environments. Materialist design is informed by a framework of materialist epistemology, which positions material innovation on equal placement with symbol-based formal theory. Historical examples of…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Instructional Design, Video Games, Technology Uses in Education
Aikenhead, Glen S. – Science Education, 2023
This article establishes a rational, feasible, and necessary conclusion to reform high school science content into an equitable experience for its wide diversity of students' self-identities. Research indicates that 85% of graduates would not normally have enrolled in any science course unless required. Their values are more aligned with their…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Education, High Schools, Educational Change
Kendall, Chadwin T.; Stephenson, Ross L., Jr.; Yates, R. Rhett C.; Ziskal, Wayne S. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2019
Collegiate flight training curriculum has changed over the past several years. The early era of flight training involved teaching pilots "stick and rudder" skills in conventionally equipped aircraft. With the arrival of the "glass cockpit" or technically advanced aircraft into general aviation, the Federal Aviation…
Descriptors: Flight Training, College Curriculum, Public Agencies, Academic Standards
Bickett, Kelsey Hayes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Internships are considered "high-impact practices" offering students transformative opportunities to develop new skills and professional identities while immersed in workplace culture. They have also been pinpointed as key to improving student success and employment within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Inclusion, Age Differences, Adult Students
Brunvand, Stein; Bouwman, Jeffrey – Science and Children, 2018
Citizen science projects have been found to increase scientific knowledge and awareness among the participants who engage in these collaborative efforts. Providing elementary students the opportunity to collect, share, and analyze data is an effective way to help them develop a deeper understanding of scientific concepts and gain competency in…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Nkrumah, Tara – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021
The framing of characters by mainstream films can affect viewers' perceptions of social groups, their histories, and their contributions. Using critical media analysis, I explore the film "Hidden Figures" and its portrayal of Katherine Goble Johnson, an African American mathematician employed at the National Aeronautics and Space…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Films, Racial Attitudes, African Americans
Honey, Margaret A., Ed.; Dibner, Kenne A., Ed.; Taylor, Tiffany E., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2020
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is one of the United States' leading federal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) agencies and plays an important role in the landscape of STEM education. In 2015, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) created the Science Activation (SciAct) program to increase the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Education, Educational Objectives, Scientific Literacy