Transforming a National Invention Education Program through a Strength-based Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID12815846
AuthorsStephanie Couch (0000-0003-3145-012X, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Melinda Z Kalainoff (0000-0001-5106-3915)
Year2024
Volume68
Issue3
Pages589-609
Publication date2024-04-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTechTrends (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 8756-3894 • E-ISSN: 1559-7075
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11528-024-00953-2
OpenAlexW4395080425
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited41

This system-level ethnographic study of a strength-based approach to transforming a national invention education program makes visible how program leadership drew on research and their own expertise to shift who and how they served. With data analysis grounded in program reports, documentation, and internal and published research, the program’s developmental trajectory is (re)constructed and (re)presented with contextual details provided by program leadership to bring forward how facets of a strength-based approach informed the overtime transformation. Working in conjunction with program leadership to identify common design elements across new program offerings, this study presents this program’s principles for designing for instruction and considerations for curricular integration of invention education into K-14 educational institutions. Furthermore, how these principles align with a strength-based approach are discussed

Documentation · Engineering management · Knowledge management · Career Development and Diversity · Computer Science · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Early Childhood Education and Development · Engineering

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