tailieunhanh - educating scientists and engineers grade school to grad school

Tham khảo sách 'educating scientists and engineers grade school to grad school', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, kĩ thuật viễn thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | SCIENTISTS ENGINEERS GRADE SCHOOL TO GRAD SCHOOL CONGRESS OP THE UNITED STATES OFFICE or ĨECHNOIOGV ASSESSMENT Recommended Citation vs. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Educating Scientists 4 f Engineers Grade c 0 ị hĩthíiđ S. . OTA-SRT-377 Washington. DC s. Government Printing Office. June 1988 . of Congress Catalog Card Number 88-600525 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents . Government Printing Office Washington. DC 20402- 325 order form can be found tn the hack of this report Foreword The Nation relics un scientists and engineers to conduct research and development leach and meet he technical needs or industry and society. Ensuring an adequate suppl of versatile and well-trained people poses several challenges 0 America s formal education system from elementary school through graduate school. The House Committee on Science. Space and Technology asked the Office of Technology .Assessment tư analyze the factors that will affect the supply ot scientists and engineers III the foreseeable future. American schools colleges and universities educate the scientists and engineers who replenish he technical work force. This report esa mines how and why Students are drawn toward or deterred from pursuing a career m science or engineering. Schools families. peer informal education efforts-such as museums science centers special programs. and television-all play a role. The subtitle of this report Crude School to Grad School emphasize that many factors and institutions must he understood as all one system. The advisory panel workshop participants and other contributors to this study were instrumental in defining the major issues and providing a rance of perspectives on them. OTA thanks them for their commitment of energy and sense of purpose. Their participation does not nccvssaiily represent endorsement 01 the contents of this report lor which OTA hears sole responsibility 1