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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Engineering. – 1979
This guide is intended for use by individuals sensitive to the needs of minority students for precollege programs that will prepare them for college-level engineering course work and eventual entry into the engineering profession. The guide emphasizes practical approaches to establishing and maintaining such a program. A hypothetical program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Ferreira, Maria M. – 2001
This study examined the impact of an after-school science program that incorporated cooperative learning, hands-on activities, mentoring, and role models on a group of minority female students' attitudes toward science, engineering, and mathematics. Eighteen African American middle school students participated in the study. Seven female engineers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Equal Education, Group Activities
Malcom, Shirley Mahaley; And Others – 1976
This inventory of science education projects for minorities in the United States contains a survey of efforts made since 1960 to improve the science education of minority groups and to increase their participation in science and science-related careers. All levels of science education are included in the survey; physical and biological sciences,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, College Science, Courses

Brophy, Michael – School Science Review, 1991
Approaches taken by a school science department to implement a global science curriculum using a range of available resources are outlined. Problems with current curriculum approaches, alternatives to an ethnocentric curriculum, advantages of global science, and possible strategies for implementing a global science policy are discussed. (27…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Career Awareness, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Atlanta Univ., GA. Resource Center for Science and Engineering. – 1979
Proceedings of the Conference on Issues in Minority Science Education are presented. An overview of Atlanta University's Resource Center for Science and Engineering, which sponsored the conference, and a rationale for the conference are provided. Seven panel discussion reports are given, including such topics as curriculum and faculty development,…
Descriptors: Biology, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Students
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
For the twenty-seventh year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Educational Technology, Mathematics Instruction