) cultivate meaningful student-faculty relationships and sense of belonging [28]–[34], and(6) reinforce academic integrity and ethical reasoning [23], [31], [39]–[44], [34].Despite the pedagogical appeal of oral exams, educators are often hesitant to adopt them as anassessment modality because of discouraging implementation challenges and concerns overimplicit bias and student stress [23], [36], [37], [71], [25], [32], [45]. Foremost among theimplementation challenges is scaling oral exams to high-enrollment classes [28], [36], [37],[45]–[47]. Providing instructional assistants (IAs) with proper assessment and implicit-biastraining programs [47], [72] and involving them in the administration of oral exams has beenproposed to address the exorbitant
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accreditation, program assessment and eval- uation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering
that hadobtained ethics clearance from the Canadian university, the site of the study. We began thesefocus group sessions by asking students to describe a course experience where they felt theylearned effectively and explain how they knew they were learning effectively. When wecompleted the fifth focus group, we found that there was much repetition from the first fourinterviews, which suggested a point of data saturation. During the interview, the researchersintentionally recapped some of what they had heard in their own words and checked with theparticipants about these interpretations. A major limitation in our data collection process was thatwe did not explicitly ask if the focus group participants felt that any of their experiences mightbe
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like get further ahead in life. And, like, is that even 34 ethical for me to, like, bend the rules in that sense, I guess. And, like, do I even want to? 35 I didn’t, by the way. I did put down Asian because I feel like it would be like deception 36 and like some like malicious almost to put down something that I don’t feel like I am. 37 But I do see like how I guess, he could, you could like twist it to look like that.As Amber recounts this event, it appears that her teacher wanted to share a strategy that he thought wouldhelp Amber get college admission. Nonetheless, the suggestion to leverage her “cultural whiteness”, asnoted by her high school teacher (line 26), in contrast to her own more complicated racial identity
demonstrate the relevance of content,provide a celebratory effect of technology on society often enacting the “ethics of materialprovisioning” in the classroom (e.g., without large-scale mineral extraction there would be noprogress) [6] . When ECD topics or projects make their way into engineering curricula, or intostudent life in the form of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) projects, they are not exempt ofthe encroachments of depoliticization. Motivated by a desire to help and seldom accompaniedby critical thinking, engineering students in these student-led projects often continue to dividethe world between the technical and social, value the former over the latter in problematicways, as when methods and assumptions made in design for industry are
standalone in-person 90-minute workshop, (2) a 60- to 90-minutemodule of a full EM training seminar, and (3) synchronous online EM training [20]. To help prepare program leaders and administrators in the research community toimplement the EM training at their institutions, the MTC developed, tested, and conducted train-the-trainer workshops for EM training facilitators [18]. By 2020, the EM curriculumencompassed ten mentoring competencies, which are (1) align expectations, (2) address equityand inclusion, (3) articulate a mentoring philosophy and plan, (4) assess understanding, (5)cultivate ethical behavior, (6) Enhancing work-life balance, (7) foster independence, (8) maintaineffective communication, (9) promote mentee professional
additional ways to foster perspective-taking. Small groupFigure 1: Our examination of how crafting and sharing stories around prompts may influenceZaki’s mode of empathy, adapted from [13, p. 178]discussions on case studies have been utilized towards this goal while also providing a space toinitiate conversations around ethical reasoning [27]. In addition, game design has beendemonstrated to encourage students to think about considerations such as the target audience,narrative, and tone [28]. Apart from learning to prototype and test designs, game creation hasbeen shown to “help players form an affective bond with another person with a differentsubjectivity than their own through their avatar and the objects in the game” [28, p. 188].Immersive
in upper-level courses.” Key topics in AE 202 are: Psychrometry, thermal comfort, solar environment, heat transfer, heatingload, fire protection, and plumbing. Given the key topics, some of the following learning objectives areavailable to frame individual topics as appropriate: • Demonstrate an understanding of the key topical principles and appropriate applications. • Describe a building system, component or construction process design and how it satisfies the specified needs and constraints. • An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments. • An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret
by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee(IREC), the semi-structured interviews were conducted in a one-to-one format via Zoomlasting for about 30 minutes which included leading and extended questions to obtain qualitydata.After informing the participants about the purpose of the study, their voluntary informedconsent form was signed before they answered the questionnaire. Their personal informationremained confidential throughout the study. The participants were asked five demographics(Fig. 1), two qualitative questions and factor ranking by importance and impact. Fig. 1. Demographic information of respondents.Overall, in the study female students aged between 18-23 participated. The responders werefrom four
perpetuate negative and unhealthy stereotypes. For example, commonsubject matter of graduate school memes include skipping sleep to perform school work, self-deprecating humor that features negative self-talk [27], and glorification of “grind culture,”which prioritizes productivity and performative work ethic at the expense of social-life, mentaland physical health, and other personal needs [30]. To this end, graduate school memes mayreproduce a culture where students believe they should be overworked and shouldn’t sleepenough to fulfill this mythic work ethic, regardless of direct external pressures to do so.Self-efficacySelf-efficacy is defined as a “[person’s] beliefs about their capabilities to exercise control overtheir own level of functioning
why of program-level curricularexperiences’ roles in evolving lifelong learning orientations.AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge the Office of the Dean in the Faculty of Applied Science andEngineering, University of Toronto, for their generous support of our research. We would alsolike to thank everyone who supported the survey development and administration and all alumniwho took the time to participate in the interviews and survey. All procedures performed instudies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of theUniversity of Toronto Office of Research Ethics. ReferencesBibliography[1] M. V. Jamieson and J. M. Shaw, “Teaching engineering for a changing
the goal of offering evidence-basedpractices for countering marginalization in engineering communication practice and research. 2. Literature review and identified gapAs a profession, engineering is dominated by teamwork. In academic contexts, engineering educatorsattempt to provide meaningful teamwork experiences for students to prepare them for the profession. Theemphasis on teamwork as a learning outcome has recently increased (ABET, 2012; Patil & Codner,2007), with team projects spanning the entire engineering curriculum from first-year courses to capstonecourses (Froyd, 2005). As a learning outcome, teaming is linked to a wide range of professional skills,including communication, ethics and lifelong learning (Borrego et al., 2013
clubs, internships or co-ops, undergraduate research, study abroad, etc. [1, 3, 18].As suggested by previous researchers, co-curricular involvement has been linked to a range ofpositive student outcomes, including: career-related professional skills acquisition andcompetencies developed, such as communication, leadership, and teamwork [3, 5, 16], academicachievement and persistence [19], ethical development [18], and cognitive development [20, 21].Students, for example, are aware of the importance of co-curricular experiences in their futureemployment [22]. In a recent study, Jackson and Bridgstock [23] investigated students’perceptions of the impact of certain activities on enhancing undergraduate graduates’employability at three Australian
fosters new epistemologies, mindsets, and ethics. This is in good agreement withSterling [10], who indicates that transforming education towards sustainability requires theevaluation of the nature and purposes of educational responses in order to recognise the valuesthat frame its orientations. Therefore, determining and evaluating the nature and purposes ofeducational responses in the civil engineering curriculum seems necessary to uncoverassumptions about views and ends of engineering education for sustainability.In addition, researchers [4] have found that curricula and learning space renewals requiretransgressing discipline-based or technical teaching strategies exclusively to the explicitcurriculum to promote educational responses in the
-yearCornerstone of Engineering course to address the need for building communication skills forfirst-year engineering students [10]. Even though this skill can be taught and assessed, the resultsof past surveys show that engineering students are inadequately equipped to meet this need. TheUniversity of Houston has a Technical Communication for Engineers class that focuses onengineering communication skills including written proposals, specifications, progress reports,technical reports, individual and group oral presentations, essays on engineering ethics,contemporary engineering issues, and the impact of engineering decisions [11]. Duke Universityoffers an Engineering Design & Technical Communication class for first-year students [12].Sorby and
justice are connected: • General engineering and social justice o Free Radicals “Science Under the Scope” [21] o Donna Riley’s Engineering and Social Justice book [22] o Caroline Baillie’s “Engineering and Social Justice” chapter [23] o ASEE workshop on the “Foundations of Social Justice for Engineers” [24] • Specific case studies in fields o Case study bioengineering ethics “SUMO-1” [25] o Coded Bias documentary [26] o Nicholas Sakellariou’s “A Framework for Social Justice in Renewable Energy Engineering” chapter [27]This area is emerging. There are several scholars documenting their attempts at adding socialjustice to the engineering courses [28]–[31], though
+ 10 pts for Module 7, above + 10 pts for Module 8, here).As important aspect of engineering judgement includes the ethical dilemma of less experiencedengineers being “overruled” by supervisors or regulators – perhaps even by those with lessor orno Professional Engineering license (or professional credential). As part of Module 8, studentswere specifically confronted with the need to become familiar with, incorporate, and respond tothe document, “Final Report of the NSPE Task Force on Overruling Engineering Judgement,”[14]. The successful training of students of engineering must include an awareness of, anappreciation for, and a thoughtful argument in support of licensure and credentialing as a criticalelement of protecting the health, safety
, broad perspective; and (v)Ethics, research integrity. These top 5 skills identified for industry career success were the sameas top 5 skills identified for academic career success in the pre-event survey. This finding supportsthe hypothesis that, although focused on careers in industry, recommendations made here are likelyto support careers in the academy and other sectors too.Three major categories of challenges were identified in order to prepare doctoral students forsuccessful careers in professions besides academia. (i) Identification and implementation of themechanisms for providing skills, (ii) Faculty buy-in. Need for core competencies has beenrecognized for some years, but there has been lack of enthusiasm, even resistance from faculty
accident litigation across the U.S. He can be contacted at safesci@sbcglobal.net. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Safety Issues and Accidents Associated with P-12 Pre-Engineering and Engineering Design Courses: Results from a National Study (Fundamental) AbstractDeveloping and constructing solutions for engineering design challenges can pose inherent legaland ethical safety responsibilities that school systems and educators cannot ignore. While safetyconcepts are emphasized throughout P-12 engineering education standards [1,2], studies havedocumented a continued lack of safety in regard to awareness, training, supervision
less common [3], and researchers may be reluctant, with a preference to sharedata only when requested [4], [5] or only with peers [6].How well prepared are engineering faculty to deposit data in a repository to fulfill funding orpublication requirements? In 2021, Canada’s federal granting Tri-Agency Council released itsdraft Research Data Management Policy, mandating that by Spring 2023 some fundedresearchers will be expected to complete data management plans (DMP) [7]. All fundedresearchers will be required to deposit their data into a repository with the expectation thatresearchers “provide appropriate access to the data where ethical, cultural, legal and commercialrequirements allow, and in accordance with the FAIR principles and the
&Laiduc, 2022; Eskandari et al., 2015). Storytelling allows individuals to “discover their values, ethics, and underlyingassumptions” (Chandler, 2002) and to challenge “our interpretations” of obstacles (Covarrubias& Laiduc, 2022). In this way, stories build on identity insight and clarification and move into therealm of discovery and change. Stories are powerful vehicles for change, with narratives often—across countries, disciplines, and mediums—acting as the compelling drivers behind social andstructural change. Adams and colleagues (2007) highlighted the ways in which stories can beused for change and innovation, by “eliciting insider knowledge, engaging communities oflearners around shared practices, and building new
oftransformation to situate the research and the findings holistically. The department’s effortstowards the transformation are motivated by the need to develop students as “integralengineers” [14] who will possess and demonstrate nine distinguishing qualities. They are (i)competent, (ii) confident, (iii) creative, (iv) innovative, (v) entrepreneurial, (vi) ethical, (vii)self-learner, (viii) team players, and (ix) socially aware.Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) 1-3 coursesThe PFE 1-3 courses are one credit-hour courses in the program's second semester each year.The major topics covered under each PFE course are presented below. ● PFE 1 – Principles of Lean Launch Pad, literature searches, oral communication skills, technical reporting
student learning outcomes 2, 3, 4, and 5 [1]. These student outcomes focus on engineeringdesign solutions with consideration of global, cultural, environmental and social factors;communicating effectively; recognizing ethical and professional responsibilities; and the abilityto function effectively on a team.Endorsed by the National Academy of Engineering, the Grand Challenges Scholars Program(GCSP) [2], includes five competencies that engineers need to be able to tackle the wickedproblems facing our society including the 14 Grand Challenges of Engineering (NAE) and the 17UN Sustainable Development Goals. These five GCSP competencies are: Talent Competency,Multidisciplinary Competency, Viable Business/Entrepreneurship Competency
“ Interaction during exam oral increased my motivation to learn”. 6. Oral exam administrator competency in both behavioral (tone, helpfulness, etc.) and technical aspects (questioning, accuracy of feedback, content knowledge, etc.).The surveys aimed to elicit students’ insight about the impact of oral exams on their learningexperience, how they prepared for the oral exams, and what they felt were the main benefits anddrawbacks of oral exams.To study the impact on academic performance within the class, a fewclasses conducted semi-experiments. There is no rigorous control group. The semi-experimentconducted is elaborated on in a later section. Ethical Approval:Ethical Approval was granted for the study by UC San Diego’s Institutional Review