|
Re: Motivating Engineering Messages
The challenge he's talking about is not directly a competition, but rather the emphasis to students that engineering requires advanced math and science skills and is therefor, a challenge.
He's talking about which messages get through to prospective engineering students. His argument is that the message of "Engineers make the world better." has more of an effect than "Engineering will test your math and science skills."
I get what he's saying though and it's clearly evident every year that FIRST strives for not only the improvement of math and science skills, but to produce a change--a positive side effect--that can in turn, better the world.
I would tend to agree that placing the fate of the world is more of an incentive than "a challenge of your skills". However, math and science certainly play a large role as well.
__________________
Team 171 :: Cheese Curd Herd :: College Mentor, 2008-Present
Team 269 :: CooneyTech Robotics :: Student, 2005-2007
Last edited by AndyB : 09-07-2008 at 11:40.
|