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The New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program was launched in 2017 as a cross-departmental endeavor to reimagine undergraduate engineering education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). NEET prepares students to tackle authentic 21st-century challenges by learning about new machines and systems, engaging in making and disco...
The rapid pace of change in technology, business models, and work practices is causing ever-increasing strain on the global workforce. Companies in every industry need to train professionals with updated skill-sets in a rapid and continuous manner. However, traditional educational models — university classes and in-person degrees— are increasingly...
In 2021 the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Department of Defence (DoD) entered into a collaboration with multiple units within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a new academic program focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) training. Given the size and the diversity within the body of USAF employees, the goal of th...
Today’s scientists, engineers, and researchers, through traditional educational
programs, have developed deep technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
However, many lack the leadership, people management, knowledge transfer, and
communication skills needed to be successful leaders. To fill this gap, MIT Open
Learning along with faculty fr...
MIT has a long tradition of K-12 outreach programs, with particular focus in STEAM fields, as well as a great history in working on local and global sustainability issues. This paper discusses a recent MIT engagement with K-12 schools in Hong Kong, the STEAM Camp. This Camp sought to bring MIT’s curriculum and learning approach to students and teac...
Learning has been long studied through different disciplines, such as neuroscience, cognitive psychology, brain science, and education; all these fields however almost always operate in silos, using different research methods and following different professional practices. Therefore, Learning does not get studied through a holistic lens, and findin...
This chapter presents an early engineering curriculum for the PreK classroom, justifies the developmental appropriateness of the curriculum by presenting relevant research studies, and concludes with the introduction of an observation protocol to be used by class teachers to identify and evaluate engineering learning. In early education engineering...
Ebbinghaus' 1880-1885 study on memorization is considered the seminal research study in the field of memory retention. Observing the increasing number of publications citing this work only proves the constantly rising interest in the field. Right now hundreds of studies on how memory retention works are either based or inspired by the original Ebbi...
As nations have sought to keep pace with rapid technological innovation, governments have renewed their focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, with emphasis on developing both technical and non-technical skills in STEM students. This article examines which engineering-relevant skills may be developed by partici...
Introduction The use of wilderness expeditions to integrate students into new academic communities has a long history, particularly in New England, with the first known program occurring at Boston University in 1888 (Bell, Gass, Nafziger, & Starbuck, 2014). A review of literature by Bell et al. (2014) found that over 190 colleges and universities i...
In 2016 MIT established the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili). The mission of MITili is to study learning the MIT way: through rigorous, interdisciplinary research on the fundamental mechanisms of learning and how it can be improved. The Learning x Scales (LxS) project has been developed under the umbrella of MITili. The goal of the LxS p...
In 2010 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) entered into a collaboration agreement with the government of Singapore to found the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The Collaboration broadly consists of curriculum development, faculty training, collaborative research, and the development of student culture. One activit...
Children's free play naturally enhances skills of observation, communication, experimentation, as well as development of rationale and construction skills. These domains, while synthesised, can lead to the development of certain process models regarding the way constructions could be designed, built and improved. The Design Process model constitute...
This Work in Progress paper discusses the development and implementation of the first Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Winter Abroad Program (SWAP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This is a student abroad program where SUTD students travel to MIT for three weeks during the MIT Independent Activities Period (I...
P2E is a semester-long, age-appropriate design-based curriculum, aiming to achieve higher knowledge integration of STEM in the preschool classroom.
P2E is addressing the STEM integration, with primary emphasis on the engineering component.
In the summer of 2014, 30 students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design and 6 students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology participated in a 10-week Global Leadership Program (GLP) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. GLP provides students with the opportunity to develop design thinking and engineering science competencies alon...
In the summer of 2014, 30 students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design and 6 students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology participated in a 10-week Global Leadership Program (GLP) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. GLP provides students with the opportunity to develop design thinking and engineering science competencies alon...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been collaborating since 2010 with the Singapore Ministry of Education to help develop the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). One element of this collaboration, the Global Leadership Program (GLP), aims to provide SUTD students with the opportunity to interact with the MIT commu...
The study presented here focuses on the development of an early education Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum with emphasis on engineering. This article presents the teacher's experience as she undertook the task of familiarising herself with the new content and using the curriculum in a university based lab-school cl...
Background: The newly formed discipline of engineering education is addressing the need to (a) enhance STEM education for precollege students and (b) identify optimum ways to introduce engineering content starting, perhaps, from the early ages. Introducing engineering at the Prekindergarten through 12th grade (PreK-12) education level requires sign...
In 2010, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began a collaboration with the Singapore Ministry of Education to develop the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), a new engineering-oriented university in Singapore with programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. As a component of this collaboration, MIT staff m...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been collaborating since 2010 with the Singapore Ministry of Education to help develop the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). One element of this collaboration, the Global Leadership Program (GLP), aims to provide SUTD students with the opportunity to interact with the MIT commu...
Current innovations in teaching methods and educational technologies, combined with the advent of the Internet, advancement in infrastructure that allows for connectivity at a global level, and developments in open access, have been “leading scholars to rethink the learning environment for students at MIT and around the world” [1]. Technology now a...
As engineering institutions attempt to prepare their students for today's global, cross-disciplinary workplace, incorporation of 21 st century " soft " skills into classroom-based engineering education has become the practice of many colleges and universities in the United States and elsewhere. While this method may prove effective in many cases, t...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has an established history in international collaborations with objectives to develop new programs, schools, and universities worldwide. MIT is currently collaborating with the government of Singapore in the development of the new Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). SUTD is a new eng...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has collaborated with the government of Singapore to create a new university, the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The first SUTD students began classes in May 2012. SUTD supports 4 pillars, namely Engineering Product Development, Engineering Systems and Design, Architecture and S...
This paper introduces a novel Faculty Development Program (FDP) in the context of the collaborative transplantation, the academic culture transfusion, and the faculty culture formation effort. We present the program objectives as they are currently implemented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and we present and discuss the experi...
The Challenge of 2020 calls for a reformed engineering education system that will arm future generations of engineers with the sophistication to be highly innovative global leaders, ready to deliver both in domestic and international settings. To achieve this, up-to-date, effective teaching methods are necessary, supported in part by more extensive...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has collaborated with the government of Singapore to create a new university, the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); the first SUTD students began classes in May 2012. MIT contributed to the development of SUTD's undergraduate curriculum, and, as part of that effort, MIT's Teaching...
Informal learning is a research area not fully explored yet [1], but interest in out of classroom learning methods and settings is currently increasing [2], [3]. In parallel to that, the advent of Internet, which allows for a plethora of educational content to be widely shared, seems to be promoting self-directed learning for all ages. Furthermore...
The developmental importance of play in early childhood is well documented. However, little research exists to date to describe how child play relates to engineering thinking. The goal of this study is to determine whether spontaneously occurring classroom play and involvement with open, semi-structured and structured artifacts such as sandboxes, w...
Engineering education for the pre-college years is a developing discipline. To date there are no curricula available for the preschool level. Focus of this study is on the development of an early engineering curriculum that will complement the traditional emphasis on developing basic literacy, numeracy, and science along with social, emotional, and...
Discussion regarding the introduction of engineering into the pre-college classrooms has been advancing and several countries have already started integrated engineering related material, usually through technology, science or computer science courses. A number of important questions emerge around engineering curriculum and pedagogical fidelity, na...
National debate about K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education has given rise to questions about appropriate materials for engineering education from prekindergarten through grade 12. Introducing engineering in the early years entails recognition of the need for teachers to understand its content and poses the challen...
Exploratory learning is recognized as a developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood education. During exploration, exposure to new things guides children in the acquisition of knowledge, while interactions with a range of familiar and unfamiliar artifacts can support developmental integration. Exploratory activity may occur spontaneousl...
When introducing engineering into P-12 classrooms, teachers' preparation and support becomes a crucial factor. The advent of the Internet brought a shift and an extension of how teachers receive professional development and how they prepare for courses. While the professional development offered by universities and school districts provides the maj...
Engineering education for the pre-college years is a developing academic discipline that emanates from the need to understand and improve the ways that engineers are formally educated. To date, there are no curricula available that incorporate engineering at a preschool level. The focus of this study is on the development of an early engineering cu...
