Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

relates to what the person wants to bedoing; and expected relates to what the participant thinks others will want them to do or requirethem to do. Importantly, the data is gathered through the participants’ perceptions of these items.MethodsA survey informed by role identity theory was developed for and distributed to a population ofengineering, education, and engineering education students to better understand their views onbeing teachers, researchers, and lifelong learners. The survey was developed through an iterativerefinement process that employed multiple experts and a pilot study with individuals outside ofthe population. Once the data was collected, it was analyzed using statistical techniques tocompare the groups’ professional identities