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Characteristics of Pre-College Engineering Education in the United States

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Pre-university Engineering Education

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Any cross-national discussion of education benefits by taking account of the unique factors that shape a particular country’s education system. From the point of view of educational change, these factors often constrain what can and cannot be done; how quickly change occurs; and how likely it is that change, once begun, will endure.

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    Greg Pearson

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  1. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    Marc J. de Vries

  2. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    Marc J. de Vries

  3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    Lena Gumaelius

  4. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    Inga-Britt Skogh

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Pearson, G. (2016). Characteristics of Pre-College Engineering Education in the United States. In: Vries, M.J.d., Gumaelius, L., Skogh, IB. (eds) Pre-university Engineering Education. International Technology Education Studies, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-621-7_5

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