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Title Changing the conversation : messages for improving public understanding of engineering / Committee on Public Understanding of Engineering Messages, National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 150 pages) : illustrations
Contents Front matter -- Executive summary -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Development of a positioning statement, themes, and messages -- 3: Research results -- 4: Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A: Biographies of committee members -- Appendix B: In-depth interviews: interviewer's guide -- Appendix C: Focus groups: moderator's guide -- parents -- Appendix D: Focus groups: moderator's guide -- teens -- Appendix E: Youth triads: moderator's guide -- Appendix F: Online survey
Summary "Changing the Conversation provides actionable strategies and market-tested messages for presenting a richer, more positive image of engineering. This book presents and discusses in detail market research about what the public finds most appealing about engineering - as well as what turns the public off." "Changing the Conversation is a vital tool for improving the public image of engineering and outreach efforts related to engineering. It will be used by engineers in professional and academic settings including informal learning environments (such as museums and science centers), engineering schools, national engineering societies, technology-based corporations that support education and other outreach to schools and communities, and federal and state agencies and labs that do or promote engineering, technology, and science."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Engineering -- United States -- Public opinion
Engineering -- Social aspects -- United States
Engineers -- United States -- Public opinion
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History.
Engineering -- Social aspects
Engineers -- Public opinion
United States
Form Electronic book
Author National Academy of Engineering. Committee on Public Understanding of Engineering Messages.
ISBN 9780309119351
0309119359
1281767328
9781281767325
9786611767327
6611767320
0309134358
9780309134354