Join us on June 12th at 8PM Eastern for our weekly #BigBeacon Twitter Chat where educators, engineers, and students alike come together to discuss topics in engineering education. This week the topic is on engineering culture. Participants will be challenged to identify scenarios that can motivate, inspire, and initiate change, challenging the status quo and transforming engineering education. Over the…
"Engineering education is not a mind-numbing math-science death march that casts aside thousands of capable young people who might otherwise have made effective engineers. It is a joyful, trusting process that delights in serving student aspirations, learning, and growth, unleashing the potential of each individual." Big Beacon Manifesto Slide 26 Join us on June 5th at 8PM Eastern for our…
Join the movement to transform engineering education, and make a statement using more than words alone! You are invited to submit an entry to this year's BIG BEACON Engineering Education Visualization Challenge, and become a Big Beacon Ambassador. Big Beacon is a movement to transform engineering education. Read the Manifesto, and let those words inspire your visualization creation! Who can enter?…
This week’s #BigBeacon Twitter Chat will focus on the ways in which engineering education listens to and collaborates with its stakeholders. Participants will be challenged to identify scenarios that can motivate, inspire, and initiate change, challenging the status quo and transforming engineering education. We will chat about who the stakeholders are for engineering education, how each listens to the other,…
Big Beacon is a movement to transform engineering education. We recognize that the status quo will not go easily, but go it must! The Big Beacon Manifesto states: Engineering education... is a joyful, trusting process that delights in serving student aspirations, learning, and growth, unleashing the potential of each individual. What are your thoughts on better serving our students to reach their potential? Invitation. Please join…
Women are significantly underrepresented in engineering, and this will be our topic for the 2/20/2013 8PM EST #BigBeacon Twitter Chat. Our discussion will include such topics as stereotypes and bias. What is a Twitter Chat? Learn more here. Pre-Reading Why So Few: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Additional Reading Generation STEM: What girls say about Science, Technology, Engineering, &…
When compared to other professions, such as medicine or civil service, engineering is largely misunderstood by the general public. Educational research shows that K–12 teachers and students generally have a poor understanding of what engineers do [1, 2], and it is most often believed that engineers "fix" or "construct" things like a car mechanic or construction worker. In addition, public…