Conference Session

Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marnie Jamieson, University of Alberta; John R. Donald P.Eng., University of Guelph

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Engineering Education Cultural ArtifactsCulture is generally defined as the shared beliefs, values and artifacts of a social group. Inaddition, cultural constructs shape the beliefs and values of individuals within a group [6].Godfrey [7] [8] [9] noted engineering education culture as a distinct entity that is rarely definedin the literature. Nonetheless she cites work describing certain elements of engineering educationculture such as the positivist research paradigm common in engineering and engineeringeducation research; the premise that “propositional technical knowledge, discovered using areductionist research paradigm, is the prime source of professional knowledge necessary forpreparing students for the profession” [10]; teaching methods; the

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto; Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Milan Maljkovic, University of Toronto; Emily Macdonald-Roach

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

affirming stories,but also institutionally realized leadership catalysts. By making four types of EL developmentcatalysts explicit, we provide engineering educators with authentic, industry-embeddednarratives to support their programing. This project is significant to the ASEE LEAD divisionbecause it provides us with a way of scaffolding leadership development opportunities for all ourstudents, even those who may resist the notion of engineering as a leadership profession.Keywords: career paths, engineering leadership, situated workplace learning, leadership narrativesIntroductionThe majority of engineers working in industry encounter supervisory or managerialresponsibilities within four years of graduation [1-4], yet research suggests that many of