Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sandra Nite, Aggie STEM, Texas A&M University; Jowaher E. Almarri; Ziyad Shafik, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sahar Mari, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Wadha A. Al-Thani

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

in the program,the high rate of female participation, along with the data reflecting attitudes and attendant shiftthrough program participation, indicates that participation in STEM outreach programs can helpfemale students who already are oriented toward STEM studies and careers identify ways toachieve personal and family pride through education and careers in technical professions. Thisfinding is meaningful in an environment in which high-paying police and military careers formales compete directly with recruitment of males for university STEM studies.This data also presents new questions about how males could be enticed to take up STEM studiesand careers, especially considering the requirements for offshore or industrial work that

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

N. Krishnamurthy, (Self-employed)

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

students the benefit of my explanations, I opened a Q & A page on mywebsite. This worked so well that other students not in my tutorials (and tutors) would browseand ask additional questions by email, and I would respond to them also through the website. But Group-B had problems with the content. They understood and appreciated virtue ethicsfully, because it was rooted in morality based on religion and traditional social norms. There wasnear-unanimity on such issues as truthfulness, hard work, kindness, etc. Most of the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments were reflected almost identically in the Koran, and paralleledBuddha's Eight-Fold path, and teachings of the Hindu Bhagavath Geetha. Even agnosticphilosophers Kant, Confucius and Laozi echoed