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On 17 -18 August 2007
the IEEE hosted a Teacher
In-Service Program (TISP) training
workshop for engineers in Region
9. The event was held in Rio de
Janeiro,Brazil. It was held
for engineers interested in working
with their schools and
school systems and in helping increase
the level of technological
literacy of local pre-university
educators and their students.
The overall goals of this
event were to:
- Empower Section
“champions” to develop
collaborations with their
local pre-university community to
promote applied inquiry-based
learning
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- Enhance
the level of technological
literacy of pre-university
educators
- Encourage
pre-university students to
pursue technical
careers, including
engineering
- Increase
the general level of
technological literacy of
pre-university students for
many years
- Increase the level of
understanding of the needs of
educators among the
engineering community
- Identify ways that
engineers can assist education
departments
In TISP IEEE volunteers
develop and present technologically
oriented subject matter to educators in
a professional development
(or “in-service”) setting.
In the last four years, IEEE volunteers
have made 57+ presentations to more than
1500 pre-university
educators within four Regions in the
United States, Malaysia and
South Africa.
During an actual Teacher
In-Service Presentation, IEEE volunteers
provide teachers with activity materials
and then help the teachers
as they work their way through the
activity. By helping the
teachers as they work their way
through a technical activity,
the teachers get to the point where they
feel comfortable enough to
present it on their own. The idea is for
the teachers to return to
their schools and lead the same activity
in their classrooms.
About IEEE
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers,
Inc.) is the world’s largest
technical professional society with
over 370,000 members in approximately
160 countries. Through its
members, the IEEE is a leading authority
on areas ranging from
aerospace, computers and
telecommunications to biomedicine,
electric power and consumer electronics.
Electronic copies of
materials distributed at the event can
be found below.
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