Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

things.Methodological overview The methodological approach for this project came about via both theoretical (literature)and practical considerations. While the cultural construction literature tends to emphasize theoryand analysis, we tried to assemble a robust and consistent methodological approach to investigatecultural construction in a particular setting. In McDermott’s early writing at the time of his datacollection (1970’s) he aligned himself methodologically with three primary traditions:ethnography, ethnomethodology, and discourse/interaction analysis17,18,19. As an investigation ofculture, the work relies on ethnographic methods and approaches, such as the incorporation ofmultiple qualitative data streams, ethnographic field noting20, and one

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, since the participants were at different stages of their lives, adolescence as opposed tocollege students, there was divergence in the focus and types of data collected. The study on thethree adolescent boys created a scenario centered on engineering design, for which funds ofknowledge was drawn upon, while the study on college students pulled from their existingengineering-related experiences to elicit funds of knowledge. However, both studies supportedcommunity-based design projects as valuable methods for drawing on students’ funds ofknowledge.Referring back to our research question—How is the funds of knowledge framework being utilizedto understand engineering concepts at the secondary and post-secondary level? —both examplescentered on the

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #15322First Generation Students Identification with and Feelings of Belongingnessin EngineeringHank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno Hank Boone is a Graduate Research Assistant and Masters Student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on First Generation engineering college students’ engineering identity, belonging- ness, and how they perceive their college experience.He is also on a National Science Foundation project looking at non-normative engineering students and how they may have differing paths to success. His education includes a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nevada

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anita Patrick, University of Texas, Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

study is certainly generalizable to studies of identity in engineering andmathematics and science education. The authors propose social entrepreneurship identity can befacilitated by educators through defining the social category group in which the individual willidentify, exposure to prototypical members and member characteristics, and active engagementin the social category particularly through group projects. Similarly, Mead formulated that“society shapes self shapes social behavior.”13 These social behaviors were later taken up byStryker and redefined as role choice behavior.16; 17 While Stryker explores external structures,Burke explored internal mechanisms aligned with more modern cognitive theories of identitydevelopment, namely the