Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
This study consisted of multiple case studies of selected professional development programs designed to prepare secondary teachers to deliver engineering-oriented education. The focus was on understanding the professional development design, fundamental content knowledge, essential pedagogies, unique challenges, and effective practices involved in this type of professional development. This was achieved by interviewing the leadership, instructors, and participating teachers; observing the in-person workshops; administering a survey to the teachers; and analyzing the project’s documentation. Five professional development programs were examined, including: Engineering the Future, Project Lead the Way, Mathematics Across the Middle School MST Curriculum, The Infinity Project, and INSPIRES. The findings from the individual case studies were compared and summarized across the five research questions.
Recommended Citation
Daugherty, J. L. (2008). Engineering-oriented professional development for secondary level teachers: A multiple case study analysis. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois.
Comments
This dissertation was submitted to the graduate school of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Human Resource Education.