Thomson Delmar Learning and Project Lead
The Way Collaborate on New Pre-Engineering Curriculum
New Textbook Series to Support Pre-Engineering in High Schools and Middle Schools
Clifton Park, NY, 03/20/2006 Thomson Delmar Learning,
part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), today announced plans
to work with Project Lead The Way Inc. (“PLTW”) to publish a series of high
school and middle school textbooks that will be aligned with PLTW’s
pre-engineering curricula. Under the agreement, Thomson Delmar Learning will
produce either adaptations of existing texts or wholly new works that, when
combined with the PLTW curriculum materials, form integrated learning
packages for nine courses.
Project Lead The Way Inc. of Clifton Park, NY, is a not-for-profit,
charitable organization that promotes pre-engineering courses for middle and
high school students by forming partnerships with public schools, higher
education institutions and the private sector to increase the quantity and
quality of engineers and engineering technologists graduating from our
educational system.
PLTW courses introduce students to the scope, rigor and discipline of engineering and engineering technology prior to entering college. The high school sequence starts with Introduction to Engineering Design and continues with Digital Electronics, Principles of Engineering, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Biotechnical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Engineering Design and Development. There is also a middle school course entitled Gateway To Engineering. For all these courses, PLTW provides ongoing teacher training. The missing link in PLTW’s curriculum has been a textbook series that directly supports the courses.
PLTW and TDL plan to collaborate on a rigorous product
development process that will match textbook content to course coverage. The
resulting textbooks will carry PLTW’s recommendation as having met its
curriculum standards.
“Teachers and students are the winners in this new collaboration between
PLTW and Thomson Delmar Learning,” said Dave Garza, vice president of
Thomson Delmar Learning Technology and Trades business unit. “We’re
committed to producing a series of textbooks that bolster PLTW’s mission of
increasing the number of young people who pursue careers in engineering and
technology.”
For more information visit www.pltw.org and www.delmarlearning.com , or call Thomson Delmar Learning’s Customer Service Team at 1-800-477-3692.
About The Thomson Corporation and Thomson Delmar Learning
The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC), with 2005 revenues of $8.7 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 40,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. Thomson Delmar Learning (www.delmarlearning.com) is the leading provider of lifelong learning products and services for the health care, technology and trades, and career education markets. Thomson Delmar Learning's market-leading imprints include Autodesk Press, Chilton, Milady, NetLearning, OnWord Press, Singular Publishing Group, and West Legal Studies.