Assessing elementary teachers' perceptions of engineering and familiarity with design, engineering and technology: Implications on teacher professional development

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hsu, Ming Chien ^a   Cardella, Monica ^a   Purzer, Senay ^a   Diaz, Noemi Mendoza ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; ELEMENTARY TEACHERS; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING EXPERIENCE;

TEACHING;

EID: 85029108573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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