Paper ID #42558Assessing the Effectiveness of ’Research Design’ as a Pedagogical Tool forPromoting the skill of ’Decision-making’ Towards Developing Leadership inEngineering StudentsDr. Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University Brainerd Prince is Associate Professor and the Director of the Center for Thinking, Language and Communication at Plaksha University. He teaches courses such as Reimagining Technology and Society, Ethics of Technological Innovation, and Art of Thinking for undergraduate engineering students and Research Design for PhD scholars. He completed his PhD on Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Philosophy from OCMS, Oxford
discipline-based educational research, including design self-efficacy, project-based learning, critical reflection in ethics, and high-impact practices.Lauren Christopher, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Dr. Lauren Christopher attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received her S. B. and S. M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1982, specializing in digital signal processing and chip design. She worked at RCAˆa C™s David SaChristine Krull, Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisEric W Adams, Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisShahrzad Ghadiri, Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisRichard Vernal Sullivan, Indiana University-Purdue University
University of Guelph, and his network of professional relationships withmentors and mentees – referred to herein as the ‘Mentorship Social Network’. This study hasbeen approved by the University of Guelph Research Ethics Board (REB# 24-03-007).Mattucci is a white, straight, cis-gendered male who was raised in the traditional territories of theof the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunee Peoples(Southwestern Ontario). He has strong core values around continuous personal improvement,and love for learning. His post-secondary education includes three technical engineering degrees,post-doctoral work in engineering education, before a faculty appointment with a teaching focus.His post-doctoral work focused on
, with an additional $25 provided if the studentparticipated in all three interviews.All interviews were recorded and transcribed via Zoom. Following the interviews, the researchermanually edited the automatic transcription to ensure accuracy. At the beginning of eachinterview, the researcher read through the ethics protocol with the students, reminding them thattheir interview was entirely voluntary and confidential. Semi-structured, open-ended interviewprotocols were developed for use in this study. The protocols were aimed at understanding if andhow internal and external factors including, but not limited to, leadership and leadership identitydevelopment, affected the dynamics of students within the project team. This work is part of alarger