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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Gomez, Alan; Albrecht, Bryan – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2014
The authors argue that the ongoing research by the National Academies, the National Research Council, and the National Science Foundation are imperative. The findings and recommendations on what the school systems of America must do to develop specific educational programming will position the U.S. at the forefront of the world's economies if…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Science Careers
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Moye, Johnny J. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013
Many vocational education, technology education, and now technology and engineering education leaders have made their mark on their profession. Their legacy is something that members of the profession enjoy and have a responsibility to continue and build upon. This is the third in a series of articles entitled The Legacy Project, which focuses on…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Engineering Education, Technology Education, Leaders
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Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013
NASA and astronaut Patrick Forrester recently teamed up with Clemson University's College of Health Education and Human Development (HEHD) to promote STEM teaching and learning in the Upstate (SC) community. A goal of HEHD is to extend integrative STEM education opportunities to all teachers and their students in South Carolina. NASA space…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Integrated Curriculum, Community Education, Outreach Programs
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Clark, Aaron C. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
So what does it take to achieve excellence in STEM education? That is the title of the author's presentation delivered at International Technology and Engineering Educators Association's (ITEEA's) FTEE "Spirit of Excellence" Breakfast on March 16, 2012, in Long Beach, California. In preparation for this presentation, the author went back and read…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Intellectual Disciplines, STEM Education, Educational Quality
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Bertrand, Bill – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
The field of industrial arts education endured with little change for over half a decade. It was during this time that a group of like-minded individuals attended a meeting in Cleveland, Ohio and decided to form an association with the common purpose of promoting the profession and field of industrial arts education: the American Industrial Arts…
Descriptors: Leadership, Technological Literacy, Change Agents, Technology Education
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Bybee, Rodger W. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2011
Does the nation need K-12 engineering education standards? The answer to this question is paradoxically both simple and complex, and requires an examination of a rationale for such standards as well as the opportunities and barriers to developing and implementing the standards. In two decades since 1989, the idea of national standards for…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Engineering