Can engineers teach well?

21 September 2012

Maybe not, according to David Peins, who teaches children as young as eight years old to read schematics, create working circuits on breadboards, and do other fun techie stuff. 

Writing in EE Times this week, Peins argues:

 

"Most engineers are not good at introducing the basic concepts, anxious to skip to the beauty of the elegant solution, so there is a need for teachers who understand both engineering and the mechanism for learning technology.  
 
It is easier to educate a teacher to develop student’s learning and troubleshooting skills than it is to teach engineers how to teach."
 
If we're to inspire a new generation of technologists, it's important to reach kids early and with a nuanced teachng approach. Here are Peins recommendations: Read full story
 

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