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The Knowles Engineering Group was created in 2015 by members of the Knowles Engineering Task Force in order to focus our work on outreach beyond The Knowles Teacher Initiative.
VISION
VISION
The Knowles Engineering Group seeks to leverage engineering for math and science education. We envision a future where:
The Knowles Engineering Group seeks to leverage engineering for math and science education. We envision a future where:
All students experience real-life connections among engineering, science, and math, and feel the excitement, confidence, and empowerment that comes with the ability to use engineering design to solve problems in their lives and their communities.
Science and math teachers are inspired and empowered to lead with engineering in their classrooms and to participate in collaborative professional communities that sustain and enhance their ability to integrate engineering design into math and science courses.
Knowles Senior Fellows have career-long opportunities to contribute to The Knowles Teacher Initiative and to their profession by developing, delivering, and supporting new professional learning opportunities for teachers across the nation.
The Knowles Engineering Group contributes to Knowles' national stature as a unique teacher-led organization that promotes teacher learning and leadership in engineering education.
MISSION
MISSION
The mission of the Knowles Engineering Group is to:
The mission of the Knowles Engineering Group is to:
Equip 9-12 STEM teachers with high-quality, teacher-created, classroom-tested tools for the teaching of engineering design and to empower them to exercise their agency in the service of teaching engineering design.
Work toward a future where every student in grades 9-12 conducts a comprehensive engineering design project at least once per year in their science and/or math class.
Build a new and sustainable entity with Knowles where Senior Fellows can grow as leaders, share their expertise with teachers across the nation, and contribute to Knowles' mission.
CORE BELIEFS
CORE BELIEFS
These beliefs drive the mission of The Knowles Engineering Group and provide a framework for the decisions and actions that will guide our work.
These beliefs drive the mission of The Knowles Engineering Group and provide a framework for the decisions and actions that will guide our work.
About Students
Students derive maximum benefit from engineering when they understand the connections of engineering to math and science, and when they understand role that engineering plays in society, including environmental, ethical, economic, and cultural ramifications.
About Teachers
Teachers are powerful agents of change, and their leadership is critical to improving STEM programs and practices. We concur with this tenet of the National Writing project: “Teachers who are well informed and effective in their practice can be successful teachers of other teachers as well as partners in educational research, development, and implementation.”
About Knowledge for the Profession
Teacher-generated knowledge is vitally important to the profession—both to those in practitioner roles and to those who work primarily in education research and reform.
As teachers, we gain knowledge from inquiry into practice as well as from ongoing analysis of evidence and research generated by others in the profession. The knowledge we develop as teachers will be shared in a wide range of professional settings.
About Professional Development and Collaborative Community
The most meaningful professional development is sustained, locally supported, contextually relevant, informed by teacher knowledge gained from practice and research, and facilitated by leaders tied to classrooms.
A reflective and informed network of teachers is best positioned to build and sustain locally relevant engineering programs and practices.
About Instruction in Engineering Design
Engineering design instruction supports an authentically engaging and locally relevant education. Engineering design instruction creates opportunities and access for underrepresented minorities in STEM majors and industry.
Engineering design should be infused into science and math instruction, not separated from it.
Instruction in engineering design in math and science content classrooms can:
Teach new math and science,
Provide opportunities for practicing math and science content,
Teach engineering design (problem solving by engineering design and engineering design as content), and
Develop learning skills, literacy skills, and life skills (so-called, “21st century skills”) such as communication, leadership and technological literacy.
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