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UF Workforce Development Efforts.
| 题名： | UF Workforce Development Efforts. |
| 作者： | Washburn, L. D. |
| 关键词： | Robot vehicle lesson plans, Transportation technology |
| 摘要： | Workforce development activities aim to attract new entrants into the transportation field and improve the skills of the existing workforce to effectively address today鈥檚 transportation system challenges. The University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) participated in four planned K-12 outreach activities for STRIDE, as well as several other activities as outlined: LEGO庐 Robot Vehicle Lesson Plans for Secondary Education: UFTI used the 鈥淚ntroduction to Transportation鈥?curriculum developed at UF for students at a Girl Scout summer camp. A second set of updated robots was purchased and a new limited curriculum was developed for fourth and fifth graders, which includes building of the robot which serves the intelligent vehicles of the future curriculum. In all robotic workshops, students learned various fundamentals of Transportation Engineering and how the use of advanced technology is integral to solving current and future transportation problems. They also learned how much transportation affects the quality of life in our society. Transportation Career Day: Designed to introduce high school-aged students to transportation careers, the events featured presentations, lab tours, and a hands-on traffic simulation exercise. Family Engineering Events: UFTI hosted an informal engineering education program at local elementary schools to team up children aged 7-12 and their parents or caregivers to experience fun, hands-on engineering activities. Parents and caregivers can positively influence attitudes about engineering and encourage consideration of a possible career in engineering by showing interest in and willingness to explore such engineering activities. In addition to the programs planned for STRIDE, UFTI participated in outreach with assistance from university student chapter members and through local partnerships. Students provided a booth at the College of Engineering鈥檚 Engineering Fair, and hosted workshops providing hands-on engineering activities at a local middle school afterschool program and church education fair. SIMCity: UFTI develop and piloted transportation specific modules for middle school-aged students utilizing the video game SimCity (www.simcity.com) to foster interest in the transportation profession as a career choice. Project funds provided mostly equipment to support the STRIDE University of Florida workforce development efforts. A small amount of staff salaries were charged to this project. The Council of University Transportation Centers held a National Transportation Workforce Summit April 24-26, 2012. Gerhard Salinger from the National Science Foundation stated, 鈥淩ather than developing a course for railroads or any of the modes...we can take a math problem and teach people mathematics in the context of a transportation problem. And then do a bit more exploration about transportation so students get the idea.鈥?(1) UFTI aims to expose children to transportation through exploration and activities that already interest them. |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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