ratings of importance do not track the rankings precisely, but still demonstrate thatthe students viewed all topics as beneficial. Page 15.753.14 Figure 1: Average student s Likerrt ratings forr identical prre- (pixeled, grey shorterr columns) and apost-courrse (red talleer columns) assessment a q
like a surprise to me that it was kind of like that. I was excited for the class. But what I saw that really what I was spending my time on was just trial and error and making things work. If we had time to like pull apart the fan and be like oh look there's the gear that actually makes the Q run. Or like there's the point that like sends the signal, um. I don't. It doesn't give me any negative connotation on engineering whatsoever. S: You just don't think that this represents R: Engineering S: (Laughs) R: No. No. S: You just think Page 26.1582.13 R: To me it's just kind of one
. Page 12.1257.6In evaluation surveys, some participants reported that the discussion and interactionaspects of the workshop had a positive effect on their learning experience. As oneparticipant noted, “I think the conversations and Q&A can be the most valuable parts of aworkshop like this – providing committee members time and opportunity (and direction)to think about key issues.” Others commented that they found the active discussions andinteractions both enjoyable and productive. One respondent noted that, “I liked thelocalizing of facilitators at each table and the back-and-forth between localized discussionand whole-room discussion.” Another commented that, “I found the mix of presentationand discussion … [to be] valuable for me.” A
, Ward12 notes that “[q]ualified women applicants are not given theopportunity to become engineering faculty because it is presumed that women will not have thetime to serve as effective members of the professoriate given their family obligations.” Womenwho do join the faculty ranks experience “bias, lack of professionalism shown toward womenfaculty […], visibility/invisibility, patronization, faculty spouse issues, and other women notacknowledging women engineers.”13 The prevalent cultural norm “assumes a work week of morethan fifty hours a week, which continues to exclude women who have child care obligations,”12further hampering the advancement of women faculty.Over the years, research showing the effects of the institutional culture and