Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

required program outcomes that the students must obtain both a“recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning” and “anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility11.” In order to be life-long learners,students must be information literate. The Association for College and Research Libraries Page 14.384.4eloquently states the following which appeared in Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Education. Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning…. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

teaching assistants. 2008 ASEE Annual Conference.[6] Verleger, Matthew and Velasquez, Juan. Training of teaching assistants on technology driven lessondevelopment. 2007 ASEE Annual Conference.[7] Prieto, Loreto R. and Altmaier, Elizabeth M. The relationship of prior training and previous teachingexperience to self-efficacy among graduate teaching assistants. Research in Higher Education 35:4 (July 1994), pp.481–497.[8] Jenkins, Susan. Cultural and linguistic miscues: a case study of international teaching assistant and academicfaculty miscommunication. International J. of Intercultural Relations 24:4 (July 2000), pp. 477–501.[9] Branstetter, Steven A. and Handelsman, Mitchell M. Graduate Teaching Assistants: Ethical Training, Beliefs,and Practices

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

involved, with NEE typically feeling less concerned about these changes than SEE, and sometimes naturally a bit defensive about discussions of such. The perceived/debated changes typically fall under one or more of the following categories: A. High school preparation less rigorous and thorough, and sometimes more “politically correct”, than in the past. Page 14.293.8 B. Students too used to an overly affluent and leisurely lifestyle, with an associated compromise of work habits and work ethic, including those associated with studying. C. As implied by 1.-5. above, students more skilled and comfortable with, and