provided throughout thesemester to prepare for upcoming interventions. Mentors are trained to mentor kids in theexperience of Making, which means teaching them how to complete tasks such as connectingsimple circuits, using a 3D printer, and performing other simple Maker tasks to enhance theirSTEM learning.In addition to recruiting and mentoring practices, we report the reflections and suggestions fromstudent mentors to illustrate how they learn and progress. We also utilize descriptive data andconduct t-tests regarding training and mentoring outcomes to determine whether student mentorsmaster the knowledge and pedagogy, therefore, are confident to teach the 5th and 6th-grade kids.RecruitingOur mentors are mostly recruited from engineering and
a better world. The purpose of this work-in-progress (WIP)paper is to explore the experiences of dis/abled, queer, AFAB1 STEM graduate studentsnavigating a culture of productivity in their educational journey. This WIP paper offers a narrowpreview of the findings in a larger exploratory study. This paper begins to untangle some of theintricacies in a short narrative excerpt through a neoliberal-critical, ableism-critical, and queerlens. This paper offers an invitation to the STEM community to collectively reflect on andengage in conversation regarding our cultural norms and assumptions.IntroductionAcademia has been shaped by a culture of productivity. Responding to the scarcity of resources,postsecondary institutions have embraced
reflect regularly to guide their own improvement. While focusing on one area ata time – be it asking ‘better’ questions, building rapport, identifying signs of a fixed mindset, orany other aspect of tutoring – tutors are able to incrementally improve – and share their progresswith their Elevate cohort.Finally, Elevate trains Tutor Fellows to try to “work themselves out of a job.” This is whatdifferentiates them from many other tutors. Often, tutors will answer questions directly. Theywill explain things as magic… out of thin air. Elevate attempts to minimize the distribution of“magic beans” because each time they are gifted, the student becomes more dependent on thetutor – which is the opposite of what should be sought. In reality, the student
providing teacher professional development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing An Assessment Toolkit for Precollege Summer Engineering Workshops (Works-in-Progress)Abstract Many universities have engineering outreach programming that expose students toengineering that include day camps, overnight camps, and multi-week programs. As the projectsoccur over hours, days, or weeks, rich content is delivered in a very abbreviated timeframe.Often only anecdotal evidence or evaluative surveys reflect what students’ experience. Thisworks-in-progress project describes the strategic plan and first stage towards development oftools for assessing engineering learning in weekly summer
student development and impacted attendee awareness of the“hidden curriculum”, or the unstated enforcement of certain behavioral patterns, professional standards,and social beliefs (Miller & Seller, 1990). We also present insights about potential future opportunities forthese types of programs to potentially help students more easily navigate academic and socio-politicalcustoms needed for success. Literature ReviewMentoring and Professional DevelopmentMentoring reflects a unique relationship between individuals, one different from other interpersonalrelationships (Eby et al, 2007). Mentors provide coaching or guidance to assist mentees with careeradvancement while developing relationships to
the experimental procedures are neglected.This approach is appropriate in most science-based courses and usually results in equivalentlearning gains compared to traditional hands-on labs. However, such an approach mighthinder the development of essential skills associated with labs in engineering education.Among these skills, one might cite communication and collaboration, safety, designingexperiments, and learning from failure. Furthermore, a common critique regarding virtual labsrefers to the use of idealized data that usually does not reflect the uncertainties and nuances ofthe real world [10]. Also, these labs generally lack the sense of reality necessary to immersestudents in more authentic experiences.The use of virtual labs in
representative of a larger demographic.Additionally, this study does not aim to compare differences of experience delineated acrossdifferent racial backgrounds. The experiences described in this work reflect a single researcher'sinterpretation and a small representation of Black engineering leaders. Despite these limitations,this work aims to present an authentic depiction of what Black engineers typically encounter intheir leadership pursuits.Findings The stories of the Study Leaders illustrate unique insight into the experiences of early-career Black engineers in leadership positions. During their interviews, the Study Leaders' use ofBlack language allowed them to emphasize aspects of their stories and reflect on the impact thattheir experience
evidence-basedpractices to achieve transformative, systemic and sustainable change that will increase thegrowth rate in the number of BIPOC and women obtaining undergraduate/graduate engineeringdegrees and establish a future growth rate that can substantially close the participation gaps. Theshare of engineering degrees awarded to women and/or those who are Black, Indigenous andPeople of Color (BIPOC) in the United States over the past decade reflects only slow progress inthe efforts to increase representation of these groups at the undergraduate and graduate levels.And for men who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color, the percentage ofmaster’s and doctoral engineering degrees being awarded has actually declined in recent years[1
scholarship hasinformed our current thinking about design principles related to socially engaged engineering. Itdescribes how we have applied the principles to K-8 curricula in school and out-of-schoolenvironments and offers some reflections of what we have learned.Engineering and Social JusticeThe many fields of engineering construct cultures with ways of being, knowing, andcommunicating that are simultaneously internal to their work and partially constituted byinteractions with broader cultural practices. Local engineering communities take up the culturalpractices of the broader fields along with ideological commitments associated with doingengineering. These ideologies inform narratives about the work of engineering, signalmembership, and build
importance in the aerospace industry.With these points in mind, the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M Universityis but one of many in the United States that do not adequately reflect the diversity of itspopulation as a whole. Women are heavily underrepresented as undergraduate students in thismajor, comprising just 8.3% of Bachelor’s degrees awarded during the 2020-2021 academic year[4]. Ethnic minorities were similarly underrepresented during this academic year, with whitesaccounting for 67.5% of awarded Bachelor’s degrees in aerospace engineering [4]. Enrollmentfigures reported by the university in fall of 2022 reflect slightly higher representation, withwomen comprising 14.1% of students in the aerospace engineering department
pressabout Tesla. These are not just technical issues, but ethical violations have been reported as well.A simple Google search can help one find these news items. Students were asked to researchsome of these articles and analyze Tesla’s vehicle electrification effort through the Design Justicelens using answers to the following questions as guides: Who do you think created the originaldesign? Who benefitted/benefits from it? Who were/would be harmed from it? What designjustice principles are being violated, if any?Upon completion of the above tasks, all students were asked to reflect on what they learned byanswering the questions: a. What are some things you learned about Design Justice? b. Name at least three new things you
of the COVID-19 pandemic, to the current year’s team concentrating onimplementing sensors in the hand and refining the ergonomics of the existing design. The paperwill also include student & faculty reflection and discussion of the faculty facilitation needed forsuch a service-based project and how engineering educators can consider implementing suchprojects into their programs.IntroductionInterdisciplinary team-based projects in engineering education are an approach to experientiallearning which can provide students with a diverse learning opportunity to work closely withindividuals from different disciplines [1, 2, 3]. Some of the benefits of participating on aninterdisciplinary team include unique solutions to solving complex problems
. According to the NationalResearch Council [3] and Savey [4], inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a pedagogical approach inwhich students begin with a question followed by investigating the solutions, reflecting, andcommunicating findings, and creating new knowledge based on the collected evidence. IBL hasbeen widely adopted in science education because of its great potential to facilitate more positivestudent attitudes and a deeper understanding of scientific concepts [5], [6]. Additionally, accordingto Specht et al [7], inquiry-based learning has been increasingly suggested as an efficient approachfor fostering students’ curiosity and motivation by linking science teaching in schools withinformal learning and phenomena in everyday life. To ensure the
university setting. The success of an advanced digital design course deliveredusing a remote Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) lab inspired the creation of anintroductory digital logic curriculum for 2-year community college and high school students. TheBEADLE curriculum is designed to prepare students for a junior-level course in computerengineering at a 4-year university, where digital logic is typically taken during the first twoyears. To evaluate the curriculum, we offered it to a sophomore class on digital logic design at a4-year public university and collected pre- and post-assignment surveys to gauge understandingof the material. Reflection pieces were also used to evaluate the students' approach and level ofcomprehension. In this paper
can help.’”The article referenced is a collection of excerpts from the book “Peer-to-Peer Leadership:Transforming Student Culture” by Aaron Thompson, Greg Metz, and Joseph B. Cuseo. Contentsections summarized include Why Peer Leadership Matters in the 21st Century, The Importanceof Social Capital, The Power of Peer Leadership, and Positive Outcomes Associated with PeerLeadership. In the content referenced as the most impactful reading of the practicum, leadershipis undeniably linked to peer mentorship, yet the connection was missed in PL reflection. As thePeer Leader Practicum further develops, activities and discussions should reinforce theimportance of leadership development within the practice of peer mentorship.Peer Leaders Self-Identify
group, selected to better ensure that content on diversity andinclusivity is well-integrated into the course in a meaningful and effective manner. This contentincludes interviews with industry professionals who themselves can effectively represent diverseperspectives; readings selected from texts on engineering failures resulting from a lack ofinclusivity (“missing voices”) in design, and case studies on the impact of locating high risktechnologies and facilities in socio-economically disadvantaged areas (often correlated with largeminority populations). Students are asked to reflect on factors which impact their own values aswell as those of engineers who design, site and implement technologies. DIV learning outcomesto be achieved via the
know”. Some codes appear both in theFacilitators and the Barriers data, with different interpretation: for example, prep coded a response to thebarriers question when a student said they didn’t feel adequately prepared to succeed in their next class,and it coded a response to the confidence question when the student reflect on the extent to which thepreparation that they do have equips them for success.A. Most frequent categories for facilitators and barriersWhen coding responses of CSE majors in the eight participating classes to the question: What makes youfeel good about your plans to take the next course in this sequence?, the most frequently seen category wasKnowledge, which includes the codes prep and cs-skills. Students feel confident
then develop original multi-day engineering design-based lessons for enactment in their classrooms over the following two semesters. Following theirNUWC visit, teachers participate in ongoing professional learning workshops (i.e., fall andspring) where they learn to use the 7E model of STEM instruction (Eisenkraft, 2003) to guidetheir lesson planning and implementation and reflect on their lesson development with theirpeers. Aligned with our framework, engineering design-based instruction is at the core of thismodel. Teachers self-identify their Naval STEM lesson topics and form teams of 3-5 teachers(based on these interests) to develop their lessons. “Naval STEM” tasks are those contextualizedusing Naval research that include NUWC-based
freely and unconditionally through stories[60], that can convey the intended messages [58], such that stakeholders can fully understand hislived experiences both at home and abroad over time [61]. The narrative inquiry approach has afluid nature and is flexible, to capture distinct and reflective narratives [59], [62] of the lived andeducational experiences [47] of Apex through various data collection methods (e.g., interviews,participant observation, and focus groups), and from that creating experiences for theengineering education community, that is tension-free, calm and relaxing storytelling [58], [63]–[65]. This way, the research team will be able to gather extensive and triangulated data whoseconstructs, themes, and interpretations [66
Reflections, Review Review Review Review 4:15 - 4:30 Feedback, 4:30 - 4:45 Photos Reflection Reflection Reflection Reflection Closing and Thank You! 4:45 - 5:00emotional intelligence [30, 31], and effective communication skills [32].Introductory technical skills were covered early in the Guild workshop so that the participantscould start applying these skills and programming languages
Carthage College, Dr. Nagel is leading development of two new degree programs: a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Learning from an Omnidirectional Mentorship Program: Identifying Themes and Outcomes through a Qualitative LensAbstractMentorship has many benefits which may include sharing, reflection, and empathy. Mentoringfosters understanding of others and their perspectives. Being mentored increases one’s potentialfor success and satisfaction, opening doors for new opportunities in personal and professionalgrowth. Omnidirectional mentorship is a type of organizational structure that emphasizes
students develop a sense of agency,deeper relationality, and inclusive leadership practices. We present how these outcomes arehighly important for effecting change both as a part of Access and in other spaces studentsoccupy.In this paper, we begin by introducing background information on both Access and put the workof the NF team in conversation with other educational change initiatives. We then describe themethods we have used in this work. Next, we present the results of our analysis and reflect onthese results in the discussion section. Finally, we use the conclusion section of this paper todiscuss implications for other practitioners and motivate future research possibilities.II. BackgroundIn this section, we first describe how Access is
students across both iterations, along with students’ final projects andwritten reflections on the awareness events [8].There was some shift in students’ perceptions of the issue of homelessness. Pre- and post-responses revealed that the deficit perspective that homelessness is the result of inherentindividual characteristics was mostly present in pre-surveys and decreased but did not disappearafter the project [8]. Students' written reflections demonstrated their surprise that their previousnotions of the causes of homelessness and the demographics of individuals experiencinghomelessness were inaccurate or incomplete [31]. However, several students did present acritical and systemic view of social injustices, mostly in their post-responses [8
necessarily adisciplinary norm but could be seen because of lack of policy that provides clear guidelines onwhat is required of the individual researcher or research team.Considering the Tri-Agency’s Research Data Management policy and as [18] concludes in hisreport based on the 2015 UBC survey, “understanding the particular needs or habits withinspecific research areas can provide insight into how disciplines think about and work with data[18, p. 14].” This study’s focus on engineering is intended to consider the research data sharingpractices since the 2015 UBC study and provide further insight to assist the subject librarian’sunderstanding of the data sharing behaviour of engineers while reflecting on what supports couldbe adopted into their
student reflections, authentic learning assignments, ad the use of technology in the classroom. Boni hopes to pursue a career in academia with a focus on teaching and engineering education.Adam Steinberg ˜ Sullivan, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Carol Subino Carol Subi˜no Sullivan is the assistant director of faculty teaching and learning initiatives for the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). In this role she supports educators through workshops, short courses, consultations, faculty learning communities and fellows groups, special events, scholarship of teaching and learning, digital resources awards and recognitions, and partnerships. In all of her efforts, her goal is to support educators in
, p. 3] Firstly, we chose to conduct single two-hour longinterviews (rather than employing quantitative or psychometric instrumentation or collectingother forms of qualitative data). We iterated on the interview protocol by developing an initialdraft of a protocol, having one interviewer practice it with another, revising the protocol,implementing pilot interviews with three graduate students with workforce experiences, revisingthe protocol again, soliciting feedback from our advisory board (who brings expertise in ethicsand DEI), revising yet again, implementing initial interviews, writing reflective memos aftereach interview, and continuously asking which aspects of the interview process were workingwell or needed revision. We were thus
topics of ethics and sustainability, as well as being a stand-alonetopic in 2020-2022. Each of these three topics had an associated individual homeworkassignment supported by readings and/or online videos. The specific prompts and readings/videos changed over time. The DEI teaching practices aligned with self-determination theory(e.g., autonomy). Evidence of the effectiveness of the DEI integration approaches is provided viacontent analysis of a homework assignment and the final reflective essay. In addition, there wasno evidence of student resistance to DEI topics in the course. The results provide specificexamples that can support civil engineering programs in fulfilling the new proposed ABET civilengineering program criterion related to
interests inengineering, (4) students’ choices and intentions to persist, (5) final reflection, and (6) end/signoff. Interviews were conducted via Zoom and audio recorded. Interviews ranged in length from30-to-90 minutes.The four graduate students (SMC, SJB, BAC, KM) were responsible for conducting theinterviews. Their positionalities, identities, and lived-experiences influenced how they interactedwith the participants. Each interviewer was first interviewed by another member of the team tobetter understand the personal experiences and biases that were elicited by the interviewprotocol. This provided insight into the experiences the interviewer would be likely to try andconfirm in the data collection process, and could therefore be mindful of
4Dignity and well-being: Narratives of modifying the culture of engineering education to improve mental health among underrepresented STEM studentsown individual findings and how they were interpreted to form the study’s overall findings, but they alsoreviewed and approved this conference paper. The framework also required deep ongoing self-reflectivity by the primary investigator about how her own myriad identities, including being an adjunctfaculty member, affected her perception and interpretation of the participants’ own emerging newknowledge about their experiences in engineering education (Nodelman, 2013). Arts-based research(ABR) methods (Leavy, 2017) use creative practices in social research because of their
. That systems thinking perspective can be applied to anything, really, including social problems.”The first offering of introduction to sustainability challenges course was in the Fall 2015semester. Metrics for the engineering sustainability designation as a whole, such as participationand placement, indicated some positive results (for example, see above) but assessments of thelearning outcomes for the introductory seminar class (see Table 2 below for learning outcomesand current assessment plan) also indicated some areas where we fell short of learning targets inthe initial years of the designation. For instance, students’ ability to describe sustainability wasrather anemic.For example, D.T. (2018) wrote in a final reflection paper (see