, the aim of an individualis to create a positive social image, and this goal can be threatened by a perceived lack ofcompetence, questionable moral behavior, or even when an individual or group feels they are notrecognized as a person or group with autonomy or unique qualities [17]. This would in turncause one’s social identity to develop in a negative direction; development in a positive directionwould occur when one’s social identification and social comparison reflected good or popularbehaviors or attitudes either through initiating positive change in their group or potentiallymoving to another group that aligns with their developed personal identity.The second theory which differentiates and acknowledges the interplay between personal
, such as multi-layered and culturallyrelevant mentoring and support, in amplifying the participants’ resilience and personal andprofessional development. The three participants’ community-serving mindset and authenticreciprocity with high school students prompted them to become reflective and critical advocatesof the program’s original intent. As a result, they played a pivotal role in fulfilling the ultimategoal of institutional collaboration—diversifying the STEM workforce.IntroductionDiversity is widely recognized as a pivotal factor for innovation and ground-breakingtransformation in scientific research [1]. As a result, the National Science Foundation (NSF) andother federal funding agencies have long supported the creation of diverse
journey as scholars totransform scholarly and cultural practices in STEM. In doing so, our research aim is to approachSTEM topics that decenter whiteness beginning with our own assumptions and biases throughreflection and dialogue. Mejia et al state “ a lack of reflection prevents the cognitive andmotivational tools needed to liberate themselves from condition and historical factors that thathinder their development” [13, p. 2]. Our approach towards liberation is understanding thelimitations of scholarship and praxis when whiteness is not decentered from the conversation andperspectives. Much scholarship about gendered experiences is often framed in a Eurocentric
-scheduled in the same classes, such as MATH 141 (Calculus with Analytic Geometry II).The project's second phase commenced in Fall 2023 with the program’s Fall 2022 cohortentering their second year. In this phase, the integrated curriculum consisted of the Penn Statecourses PHYS 212 and EE 210, marking another step forward in the project's commitment toinnovative and interdisciplinary education in STEM fields.The second cohort will commence in Fall 2024. This timeline reflects the project's phasedapproach, allowing for evaluation and adaptation of the integrated curriculum based on theexperiences and outcomes of each cohort.Figure 1. The timeline of the project by semester.C. Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design Philosophy and ImplementationIn
observed but no long-term career outcomeevaluation. These studies collectively demonstrate the positive impact of inquiry-based learningin scientific education, albeit with a need for more extensive, long-term evaluations.Dickerson et al. [20] employed a distinctive approach to foster reflection among engineeringstudents within the context of a digital circuits course. This method integrated computer-basedsimulation for digital circuit design with reflective thought prompts administered after a midtermexam for post-exam analysis and contemplation. The study also underscored the significance ofemploying thought-provoking question prompts designed to voluntarily elicit comprehensivereflections after a significant milestone event, such as a midterm
perform the experiment and complete predictionsand reflections, and the (then preliminary) research indicating the effectiveness of the activitiesto correct student misconceptions. The instructor incorporated these activities into a laboratorycourse (details provided below).Assessment InstrumentsIn order to assess the impact of the change to a PBL pedagogy and the addition of inquiry-basedactivities, this paper reviews 12 years of student comments from the engineering program’sSenior Survey as well as 10 years of pre/post student responses to a concept inventory.Each year, a week or two before graduation, senior engineering students are emailed a link to theSenior Survey. Since students typically take the heat transfer course in their third year
engineer within society byupholding an alignment of industry over engineering reflective of a hegemonic adherence tobusiness professionalism [1, 2, 3]. The ideology of business professionalism, described in moredetail to follow, advances beliefs that engineers are, and should be, unshakably beholden tocapitalist corporate owners and the industries they extract profit through [3]. In this paper, weexamine the historically anti-union attitudes and actions of the National Society of ProfessionalEngineers (NSPE), and their adherence to the ideology of business professionalism, throughanalysis of ethics case studies published by their Board of Ethical Review (BER). As an advocateof professional engineering licensure and as leaders in engineering ethics
curriculum. This proactive approach allowsfaculty to align the content with students' existing knowledge, making it more accessible andrelatable. Recognizing the importance of building on prior understanding, instructors can bridgegaps and create connections between new concepts and what students already know. Thisfacilitates a smoother learning process and fosters a sense of relevance and engagement.Adapting course materials to reflect students' beliefs ensures that the educational contentresonates with their experiences, promoting a more inclusive and effective learning environment.In essence, the thoughtful curriculum adjustment based on student's prior knowledge and beliefscontributes to a more personalized and meaningful educational journey [16
. Through shared narratives and self-reflection, studentslearn that struggle in engineering courses is normal and surmountable. Our prior work indicatesthat this message may serve as a protective mechanism for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students’belonging and, subsequently, individual grades in their courses. As we continue to develop andstudy the intervention, we share our processes and additional findings in this paper. First, we reporton our initial efforts to assess fidelity in the implementation of the intervention by courseinstructors and the impact of the intervention on instructors. Second, we report on our continuedresearch studying the efficacy of the intervention on student outcomes.We hypothesize that the intervention is most
developed thus far to reach your mentioned goals? Any resources used, etc.? B. Participating in the EMPOWER Program 1) What are some of the ways you have participated in the EMPOWER program thus far? 2) How, if at all, have the EMPOWER program components you engaged with contributed to your transition? Please provide an example. 3) How, if at all, have they contributed to any feelings of being welcomed by your college? Please provide an example. 4) What did you gain from your EMPOWER program experience? C. Future Participation in the EMPOWER Program 1) What are some of the ways you hope to participate in the EMPOWER program? What parts of the program most excite you? 2) Reflecting on your answer about the parts of the
Learning Natural Interactionthe concept with detailed explanations and Societal Impactpractical examples. Medium coverage (1) Figure 6 AI4K12 Coveragedenotes a general discussion with somepractical applications, and low coverage (0) reflects minimal or no mention and engagement withthe concept. As part of this analysis, the data were extracted and organized using a spread sheet.Then using our scale, we scored each article based on its level of representation. The scores foreach article were then added together to obtain the total representation.4.2.2 Evaluation of AI4K12 Concepts in Selected ArticlesThe analysis revealed varied levels of engagement with the AI4K12 concepts across the articles:Perception: Two
) of the unfolding model of turnover.By creating and reflecting on Louise’s interpreted narrative and career journey map, we gain adeeper understanding of the tensions and difficult decisions Louise had to make along herengineering career journey. Without role models or career guidance, Louise experienced tensionin balancing the needs of her work and growing family. She felt pressure to decide between herfamily and work. She chose to stay home with her family and pursue part-time, flexibleengineering work; however, was unable to find a long-term position. Furthermore, she sought are-entry path into engineering for years, yet has never found a pathway back. If she could havefound a long-term, part-time engineering position she would likely
, andthe environment is also vitally important. There is increasing recognition among engineers,educators, and industry leaders of the importance of preparing engineers to account for thesesociocultural dimensions [1]-[4]. We use the term “sociotechnical dimensions” or “practices” torefer to social or contextual factors such as ethics, engagement with stakeholders, and therecognition of power and identity and their role in engineering broadly. Environmental factorssuch as sustainability and the potential future impacts of engineering work are also categorizedas sociotechnical dimensions as they draw attention to possible consequences to the naturalenvironment. A call for broader engineering skills is reflected in the Accreditation Board
engineering programs [3], but reflections and critical events werefocused on experience in the first-year engineering course at the institution. The first-yearengineering course is a design, build, test course that enables and encourages communicationbetween students on teams. The teams are broken up into small groups of four or five and taskedwith designing, building, and testing an engineering solution to a pre-conceived problem. Thisclassroom serves as an ideal setting for intervention, as the students are early in theircoursework. This chronological positioning yields students who are more focused oncommunication than mathematical analysis, which they may be less certain of, and makes anychanges more impactful, as they have three more years to
bounds, to look beyond its borders bothfor problems and solutions” [15] is an important pedagogical goal. She usefully distinguishesbetween technical management (the management of technical projects) and “administrativeleadership in diverse situations” [15].She elaborates on the distinction to illuminate the ways in which the dominant paradigms inscientific and engineering education are conducive to the generation of new knowledge but arenot useful for innovation and management. In her account, administrative leadership entails “theability to work quickly on a variety of discontinuous activities that are brief in nature and requireless reflective thought”; she contrasts this with the technical management paradigm of “working
participant interactions and documented indicators of activity-specific talk andbehaviors, parent and caregiver roles, staff facilitation, and engineering practice talk. Tworesearchers conducted these site visits and led staff reflections, including at least one bilingual(Spanish/English) researcher who collected data with Spanish-speaking families and staff Theresearch team also facilitated ongoing video conference meetings with case study staff membersbefore, during, and after activity implementation to better understand the ways they wereadapting and implementing the activities and to document their evolving ideas about engineeringeducation for young children and families.Engineering ActivitiesThe first of the activities was named Pollitos
, there was a lull in 2020 with no articles published, which could be attributedto a variety of external factors affecting academic research output globally. However, a steadyrecovery is observed with one publication each in 2021 and 2022, culminating in a significantsurge to nineteen articles in 2023. This dramatic increase reflects a burgeoning interest and apossible inflection point in research on generative AI applications within the realm of engineeringeducation, possibly propelled by increased digitalization and technological dependence in learningenvironments post-2020. Such a trend not only signifies a growing scholarly focus on integratingAI into engineering pedagogy but also suggests a robust engagement from the academiccommunity in
0.495 Positive little, javascript 4 0.361 Positive learning, engineer 3 0.12 Positive science, engineering 3 0.523 Positive engineering, math 3 0.695 Positive machine, learning 3 0.12 Positive engineering, course 2 0.122 PositiveRQ3: How do social media user sentiments vary when they discuss about engineeringprofession?Table 3 reflects positive sentiments in discussions on professional education
their interconnectednessmay be invisible to those in power. Tara noted that people who hold individualistic mindsetsmight be less receptive to seeing problems related to social justice and macroethics. “sometimes the attitude of the people in [this city] is a lot more individualistic, but they don’t understand the impact of the society on their life. So the privilege of living in a developed country, having your roads always working, your police not taking bribes, your systems always being in place, your infrastructure always being there, has made you not understand the impact of having people who can actually do these things in the future.” (p. 8)Individualism is also reflected in the culture Tara observed at the
document quantifies care for electrical and computerengineering (ECE) undergraduate students according to the number of student meetings, numberof student concerns raised, and frequency of Academic Advising Topics [6]. The document alsopresented three themes that describe the value for care work. These three themes are “Reflect onand reevaluate the contributors to student success,” “Mutual empowerment of expertise”, and“Fostering a culture of collaboration, cooperation, and communication” [6].The document “introduces the academic-career advisors, shows all that they do, and it answers arequest from one of the advisors: `I feel there should be a stronger relationship between the facultyand the advisors. And I think that would be a direct
class consciousness. This hegemonic adherence to businessprofessionalism is reflected in how Pawley has described the continual reproduction of anengineering education and workforce development that serves to “indoctrinate students into neoliberalism as the only possible mode of economic development. Their job will be to work in an industrial machine; we do not articulate alternative modes of thought or help students develop cognitive lenses to conceive of a way of being outside this neoliberal worldview” [13, p. 449].An imperative task in the (re)development of the US engineering workforce is to transform theconsciousness of those who take on the title of engineer to break away from the continuedideological imposition
navigating the complex processof selecting the right institution for their pre-college students. Finally, the third module,"Preparing for College Visits" equipped parents with valuable information and strategies to makethe most out of college exploration trips.The strategic selection of pilot locations for Equipando Padres Academy was influenced byseveral factors, including the imperative to ensure geographic diversity and align with theinterests of our primary funder, RTX. With the grant funding originating from RTX, thelocations chosen—Hialeah, FL; Tucson, AZ; and Ponce, PR—were identified as opportune sitesthat not only reflected high Hispanic/Latinx population concentrations but also catered to theinterests of our funding partner. This approach
active learning techniques such as game-based learning in undergraduate classes as well as innovation and entrepreneurship.Dr. Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University Dr. Dringenberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08), a M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her current career purpose is to learn about and reveal beliefs that are widely-held as an implicit result of our socialization within systems of oppression so that she can embolden others to reflect on their assumptions and advance equity in their own ways. ©American
women and BLIstudents often leverage a deficit-based approach, which frames students as the subjects that needto be fixed rather than systems that perpetuate inequities [39], [40]. Ultimately, a deficit frameworkfails to acknowledge the larger ecological context in engineering that shapes student experiencesand the development of their identities as engineers.Theoretical Framework Our research questions seek to identify a variable structure for predicting first-year studentengineering identity recognition by self and others. Engineering role identity reflects the ways inwhich students describe themselves as the kind of people who can do engineering [41] and consistsof three constructs: interest in the subject, beliefs about the ability
engineers and to highlight strategies for creating moreinclusive engineering imagery.This initiative is a part of a broader qualitative narrative study, focusing on the stories of sevenearly-career women civil engineers (within their first 0-4 years professionally). Data wasamassed through diverse methods, including semi-structured interviews, field observations,reflective diaries, and AI-generated illustrations of participants' dream workplaces. The researchunderscores the essence of inclusive engineering environments, championing the creation ofparticipant-inspired spaces via AI visualizations. Findings reveal that these women picture theiroptimal engineering spaces as vibrant, lively, and cooperative havens. Alongside advocating foropen-concept
scale, for itemsphrased in a positive tone, a score of 4 instead indicates the lowest level of stress. Thisadjustment ensures that the scale accurately reflects the respondent’s perceived stress levels byaccounting for the positive or negative framing of each statement. Below are the first twoquestions from the section on personal-family related stressors, demonstrating the application ofreverse coding based on the tone of each question: 1) “In the past 30 days, how often have youfelt nervous and stressed?” Given its negative tone, a response of 4 (Very Often) on this questionindicates a high level of stress. 2) “In the past 30 days, how often have you felt confident aboutyour ability to handle your personal problems?” Due to its positive tone
engagement, educational technologies, curriculum design which includes innovative and equitable pedagogical approaches, and support programs that boost the academic success of different groups of students. She teaches in active learning environments and strives to bring EE and CER into practice. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Equitable Computing Education Abstract The field of computing continues to struggle to increase participation that better reflects the domestic composition of the US society at large. Society could benefit from diversifying its workforce as broader participation would
peer support also reflects a collaborative learning environmentconducive to the transfer of learning.The high score in achieved learning, complemented by the favorable evaluation of academicposters, demonstrates that students not only grasped the course content but were also able toeffectively apply their knowledge to a complex project. The intent to transfer, as reflected instudents' attitudes and the quality of academic posters, further signifies the course's role inpreparing students to apply their learning in future contexts.Finally, the study affirms the effectiveness of the course in promoting transfer of learning in ashort, intensive format. The positive outcomes across all dimensions of the FET model, alongwith the high-quality
engineering, but other disciplines including civilengineering were also impacted.In the 1960s, Malcolm Gregory, in [3] and [4], described the lack of “engineering attitude” inengineering education. He reflected on the 19th century apprenticeship model and early 20thcentury practical application training that nurtured an engineering mindset through personalcontact and hands-on learning. Gregory believed past approaches better instilled design intuitionand real-world know-how, developing design proficiency by imitation, learned rules-of-thumb,and learned the practical rules of design and construction.Gregory described a problem with overly theoretical training. He argued the growing emphasison analytical skills came at the expense of teaching
types corresponding to each of the variables, as well as the mean andstandard deviation scores, are presented in Table 1. The highest mean motivation scores wereobserved in the following items (a) item 3, “Because I think that a college education will help mebetter prepare for the career I have chosen,” with a mean of 4.32; (b) item 22, “In order to have abetter salary later on,” reflecting a mean of 4.32; (c) item 8, “In order to obtain a moreprestigious job later on,” registering a mean of 4.26; and (d) item 10, “Because eventually it willenable me to enter the job market in a field that I like,” with a mean of 4.16. As it may beobserved, all items displaying the highest mean values are associated with extrinsic motivationelements. Items 3