Describes the development of the Microelectronics Education Programme for England, Northern Ireland and Wales, including funding, aims, and relationships of the national program with local organizations. The program focuses on incorporating uses/effects of microelectronic technology into the total school curriculum and ways of using this…

The objective of the Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) Electronics and Control Technology is to enable teachers (under the INSET scheme) to develop the necessary expertise to teach the current electronics component of courses which include this subject. Described are MEP-INSET guidelines, which include six-hour course modules, equipment,…

Approximately one-third of Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) funding is directed toward in-service teacher education. Three levels of competence (familiarization, understanding, applications) are fostered in each of four domains: electronics/control technology; computer as instrument; computer as learning; and electronic communications.…