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Teacher Education to Analyze and Design Systems through Reverse Engineering

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Educational Robotics in the Makers Era (Edurobotics 2016 2016)

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This paper proposes to enhance engineering design education in high schools by introducing reverse engineering (RE) and making activities. The rationale is to foster meaningful learning by engaging students in the analysis of design solutions of existing technological systems and in practical implementation of new designs in the spirit of makers. We present a pilot technology teacher education course which includes studies of engineering and pedagogical fundamentals, RE practices, development of instructional units, and participation in a maker fair. Positive reflections on the course encourage further development of the proposed approach and exploration of its possible use in high schools.

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  1. Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Igor Verner & Moshe Greenholts

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  1. European Lab for Educational Technology , Sparta, Greece

    Dimitris Alimisis

  2. Department of Information Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy

    Michele Moro

  3. Department of Information Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova , Padova, Italy

    Emanuele Menegatti

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Verner, I., Greenholts, M. (2017). Teacher Education to Analyze and Design Systems through Reverse Engineering. In: Alimisis, D., Moro, M., Menegatti, E. (eds) Educational Robotics in the Makers Era. Edurobotics 2016 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 560. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55553-9_9

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