为他人学习

梅根·柯伦, like all RWU students and alumni, is a constant learner unafraid to challenge herself with new experiences. 这就是为什么, 作为大四学生, Curran decided to take 工程 for Teachers, a course that introduces aspiring teachers to methods for teaching engineering principles to K-12 students using Lego robotics. "This was something I had no clue about so I thought I might as well learn about it," she says.

"I'm always looking to better myself and try new things. If I don't open myself up to new ideas, my students aren't going to be able to learn them from me."

Having no experience with engineering, 机器人还是编程, Curran learned core programming concepts along with engineering practices to build and program small lego robots. As part of the course, she then had to implement her 学习s to design and develop fourth-grade engineering lessons for an after school program at the Nathanael Greene Elementary School in Pawtucket.

"It made me understand my students way of thinking," she says of the experience. She thinks that will help her stand out in interviews for teaching positions in her hometown of West Milford, 新泽西.