Paper ID #41572Gender-Based Comparison of Creative Self-Efficacy, Mindset, and Perceptionsof Undergraduate Engineering StudentsDr. Christine Michelle Delahanty, National Science Foundation Dr. Delahanty is a Program Director at NSF in the Division of Undergraduate Education (EDU/DUE), and has a background in physics, electrical engineering, and STEM Education, with a concentration in creativity and innovation. Her research focuses on creative self-efficacy, creative mindset, and perceptions of engineering majors, particularly women, to offer insight into why there are so few women in the major and in the profession. She
work.Comparing the effectiveness of virtual learning events with personal workshops would provideinsights into the advantages and challenges associated with each format as well as their overallimpact.References[1] Stewart, A. J., Malley, J. E., & LaVaque-Manty, D. (Eds.). (2007). Transforming scienceand engineering: Advancing academic women. University of Michigan Press. [2] Ford, A. Y., Dannels, S., Morahan, P., & Magrane, D. (2021). Leadership programs foracademic women: building self-efficacy and organizational leadership capacity. Journal ofWomen’s Health, 30(5), 672-680. [3] Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2007). Through the labyrinth: The truth about how womenbecome leaders. Harvard Business Review Press [4] Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L
bondswith the community at an early age.Role models and their representationsThe feeling of isolation, balancing an engineering career with family life, academicdissatisfaction, and lack of minority role models on campuses can reduce representation. Thereis a need for equitable access of students to role models of similar gender and race. Most femalesindicated that encouragement and validation from someone like them can help build theirengineering confidence and level of self-efficacy. College administrators should seek diversefaculty to reflect the student body and to encourage/motivate an increase in femalerepresentation.Quality Teachers with engineering knowledgeThe participating students emphasized the need for early exposure to engineering via
female mentors, and female engineeringprofessors. Given each survey question resulted in strong positive statistical significance, theresearchers are encouraged to continue and expand this effort.It should be noted that the researchers recognize the sample size is small, and thus, it is notpossible to draw definitive conclusions based on these results. Further analysis is planned tomeasure the impact of this activity on academic performance and retention. Additionally, self-efficacy surveys were given in the engineering course and during the INSPIRE workshop. Thisdata will provide more depth to the analysis of the impact of the workshop experience.References[1] National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). 2023. Diversity and
. Authoritarian parents prioritize adherence to"rigid rules" and high expectations over open dialog. Permissive parents indulge child autonomyover behavioral regulation, while uninvolved parents provide general neglect and disengagement.Several research studies have examined the relationship between parenting styles and career-decision making and career self-efficacy (Guay et al., 2003; Sovet & Metz, 2014). In another line of research, Kincaid et al. (2012) mentioned that “Bronfenbrenner (1961,1979) was among the first to suggest that parenting behaviors, including parental affection andtenable authority, may have differential effects on boys and girls'' (p. 5). Given the importance ofparents’ role and parenting styles on career decision making
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