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Special issue on Pre-college nanoscale science, engineering, and technology learning

Special issue on Pre-college nanoscale science, engineering, and technology learning Nanotechnol Rev 2015; 4(1): 1­6 Editorial Lynn A. Bryan* and Nicholas J. Giordano DOI 10.1515/ntrev-2014-0051 supramolecular levels in the next 10­15 years. Nanoscale science and engineering provides a meeting place for disciplines towards the same basic material structures at the building blocks of matter, and same principles and tools of investigation. Systemic changes are envisioned in teaching the new nanoscale concepts beginning with kindergarten to graduate schools and continuing education for retraining. An important corollary activity is the retraining of teachers themselves. Nanotechnology will require that a new domain of knowledge be covered. Unifying science from the nanoscale and converging technologies on this basis should be reflected in education. ([2], p. 274, italics added) 1 Introduction In the year 2000, U.S. President William J. Clinton established the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a federal government research and development initiative involving 20 federal departments and independent agencies, whose overarching vision is "a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to a revolution in technology and industry that benefits society" ([1], p. 5). The NNI would be one of the many nanoscale science, engineering, and technology (NSET) initiatives, centers, collaborations, and networks developed globally, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nanotechnology Reviews de Gruyter

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Nanotechnol Rev 2015; 4(1): 1­6 Editorial Lynn A. Bryan* and Nicholas J. Giordano DOI 10.1515/ntrev-2014-0051 supramolecular levels in the next 10­15 years. Nanoscale science and engineering provides a meeting place for disciplines towards the same basic material structures at the building blocks of matter, and same principles and tools of investigation. Systemic changes are envisioned in teaching the new nanoscale concepts beginning with kindergarten to graduate schools and continuing education for retraining. An important corollary activity is the retraining of teachers themselves. Nanotechnology will require that a new domain of knowledge be covered. Unifying science from the nanoscale and converging technologies on this basis should be reflected in education. ([2], p. 274, italics added) 1 Introduction In the year 2000, U.S. President William J. Clinton established the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a federal government research and development initiative involving 20 federal departments and independent agencies, whose overarching vision is "a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to a revolution in technology and industry that benefits society" ([1], p. 5). The NNI would be one of the many nanoscale science, engineering, and technology (NSET) initiatives, centers, collaborations, and networks developed globally,

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Nanotechnology Reviewsde Gruyter

Published: Feb 1, 2015

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