Table 1 Themes and sub-concepts
From: Engineering and Technology Concepts: Key Ideas That Students Should Understand
Themes | Sub-concepts |
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Design | Optimization and trade-offs, criteria and constraints, iteration |
Modeling | Representational, explanatory, predictive |
Systems | Systems/subsystems, input-process-output, feedback and control |
Resources | Materials, energy, information, time, tools, humans, capital |
Human values | Sustainability, technological assessment, creativity/innovation, ethical decisions |