The article discusses according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the engineering profession with the highest demand in 2021 has biomedical engineering Topics include technology and engineering educators to promote the field of biomedical engineering;and the COVID-19 pandemic provide a perfect backdrop for integrating BME effectively into Technology and Engineering programs
The article discusses the role of transportation technologies in helping fight pandemics and epidemics like the coronavirus (COVID 19) Topics include the major means to transfer infectious diseases, namely, travel and migration of people, some of the epidemics and pandemics in history like the Black Death in the 14th century, the Spanish Flu of 1918, and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the 2000s, and how schools can teach the role of transportation technologies in pandemics
Despite the tragedies connected to the pandemic, tragedy has again presented an opportunity for technology and engineering teachers, students, and courses to shine--where we can demonstrate the value of adaptability and creativity in learning and technical content. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with the recently released Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy (STEL;ITEEA, 2020). The STEL standards position the technology and engineering (T&E) of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and contain ample opportunities for teachers to emphasize, and even capitalize on current events, such as the pandemic, to engage students and prepare them for the future. The same challenges that have brought the focus on technology and engineering--and the need for preparing students to face such challenges--have also disrupted almost every aspect of classrooms, homes, and lifestyle. Technology and engineering education (TEE), a field that has prided itself on hands-on learning, has been especially impacted as virtual learning has become a new norm. Despite the unpredictable ramifications of the pandemic on education, many TEE teachers rose to the challenge of figuring out how to effectively teach their content despite the limitations. A few anecdotes of how middle school, junior high, and high school TEE teachers have risen and excelled in the face of the pandemic are shared in this article. While these are only samples of the ways TEE teachers have excelled during this difficult time, the authors believe that sharing these anecdotes may inspire other TEE (and non-TEE) teachers.
