23 min

Why Engineers Turn into Teachers The K12 Engineering Education Podcast

    • Education

Six teachers who once studied and practiced engineering talk about their
opinions on K12 engineering education. In this focus group, they give insights
for school administrators, practicing engineers, and other engineering teachers
who weren't practicing engineers. Engineer Pius Wong hosts. Thank you to guests
Donald Jones, Amy Colburn, CJ Salzman, Rita Loughrin, Jack Hwang, and Bart
Krieger. Also thank you to Melanie Kong, who helped organize this episode. 

Mentioned in this episode: 
● "Education and Certification Qualifications of Departmentalized Public High
School-Level Teachers of Selected Subjects: Evidence From the 2011–12 Schools
and Staffing Survey. National Center for Education Statistics, p.26.
[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015814.pdf] 
● Boeing Community Engagement:
[http://www.boeing.com/principles/community-engagement.page] 
● "Engineering Education" subreddit:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/engineeringeducation] 

Our theme music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze,
our interlude music is from "Theme P" and "Love is Chemical" by Steve Combs, and
our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. All are used under
Creative Commons Attribution Licenses:
[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] Subscribe and find more podcast
information at: [http://www.k12engineering.net/] A transcript for this episode
is at: http://www.k12engineering.net/transcripts/ep11.html

Six teachers who once studied and practiced engineering talk about their
opinions on K12 engineering education. In this focus group, they give insights
for school administrators, practicing engineers, and other engineering teachers
who weren't practicing engineers. Engineer Pius Wong hosts. Thank you to guests
Donald Jones, Amy Colburn, CJ Salzman, Rita Loughrin, Jack Hwang, and Bart
Krieger. Also thank you to Melanie Kong, who helped organize this episode. 

Mentioned in this episode: 
● "Education and Certification Qualifications of Departmentalized Public High
School-Level Teachers of Selected Subjects: Evidence From the 2011–12 Schools
and Staffing Survey. National Center for Education Statistics, p.26.
[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015814.pdf] 
● Boeing Community Engagement:
[http://www.boeing.com/principles/community-engagement.page] 
● "Engineering Education" subreddit:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/engineeringeducation] 

Our theme music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze,
our interlude music is from "Theme P" and "Love is Chemical" by Steve Combs, and
our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. All are used under
Creative Commons Attribution Licenses:
[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] Subscribe and find more podcast
information at: [http://www.k12engineering.net/] A transcript for this episode
is at: http://www.k12engineering.net/transcripts/ep11.html

23 min

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