Professional Societies Making Engineering Outreach Work: Good Input Results in Good Output
| Autor: | Betty Shanahan, Elizabeth T. Cady, Barbara Bogue |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Engineering ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION business.industry Engineering profession Strategy and Management Best practice Management Science and Operations Research Outreach Engineering management Work (electrical) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Engineering ethics Professional association Social science research User needs business Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Leadership and Management in Engineering. 13:11-26 |
| ISSN: | 1943-5630 1532-6748 |
| DOI: | 10.1061/(asce)lm.1943-5630.0000207 |
| Popis: | This paper addresses the current and potential impact of the outreach activities that engineering professional societies (and others) offer to children and young adults and describes how to advance the outreach state of the art by using methods and tools that most engineers routinely use in their technical projects but do not typically transfer to an outreach project: research, training, adoption of best practices, and awareness of user needs and culture. Also critical, assessment (establishing goals, identifying outcomes metrics, and evaluating success) is discussed in the companion paper “Outcomes-Based Assessment: Driving Outreach Program Effectiveness” published in this special issue. Specifically, the paper discusses challenges facing professional society outreach efforts; key and proven practices for outreach success, including assessment; and the use of social science research in designing outreach programs. An extensive list of resources available to assist in designing effective engineeri... |
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