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A.B.E: Anything but an Engineer
David E. Goldberg ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. & the Big Beacon [email protected]
© David E. Goldberg 2012
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A.B.E.
Students in a!uent countries want to be…
Anything
but
an
Engineer
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A.B.E.
Reasons Complex
• Degree di!cult: math-science death march. • Environment hostile: Delight in failure. • Engineer socially captive: Wage slave. • Medium-to-low status: Not understood by
public. • Limited potential: Pay OK to start (in some
countries), but need to shift to grow. • Viewed as narrow education: Not agile or
adaptable.
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As antidote to A.B.E.
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Big Beacon is a global
movement
To bring 5 Pillars to transform engineering education
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by collaboratively disrupting the
status quo.
5 Elements of the Movement
• Vision of whole new engineer • Vision of whole new engineering education • Educational rewire process • All stakeholders at table. • A system for collaborative disruption
The whole new engineer…
1. Finds joy in engineering and in life. 2. Is open, trusted, and trusting. 3. Is authentically connected with others.
A whole new engineering education…
13. Is a joyful and challenging experience. 14. Trusts students, believing they are resourceful,
creative, and whole. 15. Encourages diverse student aspirations and
increases student autonomy and choice.
Educational rewire…
25. Questions, listens, and is mindfully present to the possibilities of e!ective action.
26. Engages the willing, and embraces the once unwilling as soon as they are open to change.
27. Uses exemplars of authentic student engagement to change hearts then minds.
All stakeholders at table…
• Students • Engineers • Engineering employers • Educators
System for Collaborative Disruption
• Thought leadership approach.
• Coalition of collaborators.
• Show rooms of innovation.
• Network of incubators. • Open source innovation. • NLQ + TASL + POCA
training. • Embrace the once
unwilling.
Big Beacon
Thought Leadership Campaign
BB Coali@on
LiAle Red School House Network
Incubators Android OS for New Ed
See-‐Be-‐Do Share Tank
Compete then
Cooperate
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A.B.E: Anything but an Engineer
David E. Goldberg ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. & the Big Beacon [email protected]
© David E. Goldberg 2012