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麻省理工学院工程学院旗下的 Lemelson-MIT 项目本月向美国三个地区的 19 所学校、学区与高校发放了多年期「发明教育路径」（Invention Education Pathways）资助与津贴。据 MIT News 2026 年 11 月 2 日报道，合作方覆盖小学到高中、一所社区学院和两所州立大学，分布在加州北部、田纳西，以及马萨诸塞与康涅狄格。项目希望学生从低年级到大学反复做发明，而不是只靠一次性社团或课后活动。课堂上，学生组队找出社区里真正要紧的问题，再做出原创方案原型，同时练习同理心、协作和沟通。项目主任 Michael Cima 强调：先弄清为谁设计、真正需要什么，再动手。这也呼应 MIT for America 中「设计、动手与创新」方向。旗舰高中 InvenTeams 已累计获得 24 项美国专利。阅读时可留意 rather than、across、aim 如何标出路径与一次性活动的差别。

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This month the Lemelson-MIT Program awarded multiyear Invention Education Pathways grants and stipends to 19 schools, districts and colleges. The partners sit in three regions: Northern California, Tennessee, and Massachusetts with Connecticut. They include elementary, middle and high schools, a community college and two state universities. According to MIT News on 2 November 2026, the goal is to give students repeated chances to invent from the early grades through college, not only in a one-time club or after-school project.

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本月，Lemelson-MIT 项目向 19 所学校、学区与高校发放了多年期「发明教育路径」资助与津贴。合作方分布在三个地区：加州北部、田纳西，以及马萨诸塞与康涅狄格。它们包括小学、初中与高中，一所社区学院和两所州立大学。据 MIT News 2026 年 11 月 2 日报道，目标是让学生从低年级到大学反复获得发明机会，而不是只靠一次性社团或课后项目。

Invention education asks teams of students to find problems that matter in their communities and then build prototypes of original solutions. Along the way they mix knowledge from several subjects and practise skills such as empathy, collaboration and communication. Michael Cima, faculty director of the program and a materials science professor, says understanding user needs is the foundation of product design. Students learn to ask whom they are designing for, and what is truly needed, before they build anything.

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发明教育要求学生组队找出社区中真正要紧的问题，再做出原创方案的原型。在此过程中，他们综合多门学科知识，并练习同理心、协作与沟通等技能。项目学术主任、材料科学教授 Michael Cima 表示，理解用户需求是产品设计的基础。学生要先学会问：为谁设计、真正需要什么，然后再动手制作。

The timing fits a wider MIT effort called MIT for America, which aims to widen access to quality STEM education across the United States. One focus area, Design, Make and Innovate, wants more students to build, test and prototype ideas, and wants teachers supported when they bring hands-on work into ordinary lessons. Stephanie Couch, executive director of Lemelson-MIT, says invention education can benefit all students when they meet it across many grade levels, ideally during the regular school day rather than as rare enrichment.

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这一时机也契合更广泛的 MIT for America 计划，其目标是在全美扩大优质 STEM 教育的可及性。其中一个重点方向「设计、动手与创新」希望更多学生去构建、测试并做出想法原型，也希望教师在把动手实践带入常规课堂时得到支持。Lemelson-MIT 执行主任 Stephanie Couch 表示，当学生在多个年级阶段接触发明教育——最好是在常规上课日，而不是偶发的拓展活动——时，所有学生都可能受益。

The program reports that students of many backgrounds often surprise themselves once they get a real chance to invent. Case studies and published research suggest the approach helps young people who are underrepresented in STEM see themselves as capable learners. High school InvenTeams in the flagship initiative have earned 24 U.S. patents. Employers, Couch adds, look for graduates who combine technical knowledge with durable human skills that are often hard to find.

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项目报告称，许多不同背景的学生一旦真正有机会发明，常常会让自己也感到惊讶。案例研究与已发表研究表明，这种方法有助于在 STEM 中代表性不足的年轻人把自己看作有能力的学习者。旗舰高中项目 InvenTeams 已获得 24 项美国专利。Couch 补充说，雇主希望招到能把技术知识与不易找到的持久人际技能结合起来的毕业生。

Over the next three years Lemelson-MIT staff will work with educators in each region to design, implement and assess learning experiences. Schools may adopt curriculum resources selectively. Local partners such as Denair Unified School District in California have described modest material grants plus stronger value in training and classroom support. The shared aim is simple: make invention a normal part of schooling so pathways last from kindergarten into college.

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未来三年，Lemelson-MIT 工作人员将与各地区教育者合作，设计、实施并评估学习体验。学校可以有选择地采用课程资源。加州 Denair 联合学区等地方合作方表示，材料资助金额不大，更大的价值在于培训与课堂支持。共同目标很简单：让发明成为学校教育的常态，使路径从幼儿园延续到大学。

新闻来源

• MIT News · Lemelson-MIT brings invention education to classrooms from kindergarten to college (2 Nov 2026)
• Lemelson-MIT · Pathways to Invention are Expanding!
• Denair Pulse · Denair Unified School District to partner with MIT-Lemelson on innovative STEM program (15 Oct 2026)

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