Paper ID #26052The Methodological Promise of Narrative Inquiry for Exploring Student Vet-eran and Service Member Experience as ”People in Relation”Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela Minichiello is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU) and a registered professional mechanical engineer. Her research examines issues of access, diversity, and inclusivity in engineering education. In particular, she is interested in engineering identity, problem-solving, and the intersections of online learning and alternative pathways for adult, nontraditional
results from individuals’ own values, interests, and preferences for a particular 4career path as well as their pre-existing skills.26 Building occupational knowledge refers to thetangible facts that an individual may have about an occupational position. Such knowledgeresults from personal research, actual exposure to a career path, and training opportunities.Research shows that student veterans are most concerned about finding a job after graduationand thus want to major in fields that will assist this goal.27 Greater understanding of SVEs’career intentions and decisions could boost the graduation rate of student veterans, a trend thathas improved in recent years, according to the Million Records
program called, ”Revolutionizing Engineering & Computer Science Departments.”Her co-authored books include The Borderlands of Education (with Susan Lord), Mentoring Faculty ofColor, and Beginning a Career in Academia: A Guide for Graduate Students of Color. She is past-VicePresident (2017) of the Pacific Sociological Association, and an appointed consultant to the AmericanSociological Association’s Departmental Resources Group. Fluent in both quantitative and qualitativeresearch methodologies, her research uses theories from interdisciplinary sources including cultural stud-ies, critical race, gender and feminist theories. Central to her work are questions of culture, power andinequality. She is affiliated faculty with the Department of
program ranging from personal (e.g., developing and maintaining relationships) toeducational (e.g., institutional support, infrastructure, and policies) [24]. Given the characteristicsof graduate student veterans and unique academic environment of engineering graduateprograms, faculty interaction and relationships with student veterans can play a critical role infacilitating or hindering the successful academic or career advancement of these students [3].Therefore, in this qualitative study, we explored the major characteristics of mentors’ andmentees’ relationships and experiences in a newly-implemented mentoring program that aimedto support student veterans in an engineering graduate program.MethodResearch designThis study is part of greater
graduates to fill these new jobs.There is currently a large gap in the number of K-12 level teachers available in the area of careerand technical education. One possible solution to this problem may come from a specificsegment of the workforce, veterans. This paper will provide an overview of different challengesthat many veterans are facing after joining career switcher programs for future teachers.IntroductionDigital transformation is leading to a shift in many current jobs. Cybersecurity has become partof any virtual job [1], which became quite clear during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemicalso led to more openings for cybersecurity professionals, as well as a huge growth of thatspecific industry sector since there was a large rise in the
students in their own learning environment. (5) Challenge students to construct knowledge from their experiences.During sophomore year, engineering students take Technical Writing and Communicationswhere they are introduced to the fundamental principles of technical writing and use a project-based learning model.Taking the aforementioned points into consideration, the technical writing instructor andengineering faculty tried a new approach to add realism to the technical writing course content.The course recently implemented a team exercise with iFixit [13] where student teams of fourhad to troubleshoot an unserviceable item (laptop, kitchen appliance, smart phone, etc.) andrepair it. As part of the project, teams documented their written
program called, ”Revolutionizing Engineering & Computer Science Departments.”Her co-authored books include The Borderlands of Education (with Susan Lord), Mentoring Faculty ofColor, and Beginning a Career in Academia: A Guide for Graduate Students of Color. She is past-VicePresident (2017) of the Pacific Sociological Association, and an appointed consultant to the AmericanSociological Association’s Departmental Resources Group. Fluent in both quantitative and qualitativeresearch methodologies, her research uses theories from interdisciplinary sources including cultural stud-ies, critical race, gender and feminist theories. Central to her work are questions of culture, power andinequality. She is affiliated faculty with the Department of
from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine the longitudinal career pathways of engineering PhDs.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is
Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Military-Bound and Veteran Student Views on Socially Responsible EngineeringAbstractThis research explored the perspectives of engineering students on the relationship betweenservice in the military and views of social responsibility as engineers, in particular professionalconnectedness or the obligation that an engineer has to help solve social problems or help othersusing their professional skills. Three research questions (RQs) were examined: (1) How does theprofessional connectedness of engineering students attending a military academy compare tostudents at other institutions? (2) How do engineering students with military aspirations
frameworks, social constructivist andfeminist theories.Preliminary ResultsGendered Motivation for Learning Military Technology: (Im)possibility of Caring Male and female students shared several pre-dispositions that motivated them to enroll inthe course as an elective. Among them were personal interest in military-related topics and adesire to expand their understanding of future employment opportunities. Some students had apersonal connection to the military either through their own service or prior/current service of afamily member or significant individual, which prompted their curiosity and motivation to takethe class. It is worthy to note that male students’ motivations exhibited “an individual focus”(Severiens, Dam, &