Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 3 - Social & Leadership

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Victor Ofori-Boadu, Penuel Consult Inc.; Iyshea Borders-Taylor; Lewis Waller; Paul Akangah, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

analysis. Majority of CP career decisions occurred at the middle-school age, making it a critical time to introduce age-appropriate construction learningopportunities. The six thematic categories that emerged from students’ reasons for switchingcareer interests were psychological, experiential, academic, physical, social, and economic; andthese reasons corresponded with the educational stages. While pre-college reasons for switchingcareer interests were mostly associated with new knowledge and experiences, college reasonswere associated with barriers that hindered students’ progression. HBCU construction studentshad positive perceptions of their own CPID with a high sense of belonging, self-efficacy, andself-recognition. CPID was neither gender

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University; Iyshea Borders-Taylor; Christian A. Bock Hyeng, North Carolina A&T State University; Tony E. Graham, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

thathuman beings develop their identities in stages [11][12][13][14]). Even at the early stages ofmiddle-school education, the self-efficacy and professional identities of girls were enhancedthrough their engagement in art-modified STEM projects [15] A framework was developed byKegan (1982) and proposed that six stages of identity formation (incorporation, impulsion,imperial, interpersonal, institutional, and interindividual) represented the longitudinaldevelopment of the self from childhood to adult life [16]. The most powerful factors that influencesthe process of socialization and career identity development are role models, mentors, and theaccumulation of individual experiences that shape professional identity through both consciousand