women and theywere warmly encouraged to pursue education. Several researchers encouraged female students bymotivating them. They believed that women who wish to take up engineering work must not getdiscouraged by the initial difficulties and the absence of well-defined openings and thatopportunities will emerge in time [31]. Starting in 1979, more women have been enrolled in highereducation than men in the United States. However, this proportion is not reflected in the field ofengineering. On June 19, 1964, the United States passed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964prohibiting employment discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, and national origin.This act made it possible for an increase in the number of women in the
successfully navigate and copewith the biases of their peers, faculty, and staff based on the complexities and intersections ofrace, class, and gender.Another building block of resilience forms from the past experiences that have helped shapedtheir inclination to persist within their programs. They are motivated to work harder and provethe naysayers wrong, especially when the nays are coming from faculty members that they arenot fond of [20].But, in some instances, the experiences at their respective institutions resulted in them exploringmore avenues that helped yield a greater resilience. Some students left their programs to self-reflect [19], some transferred to more supportive departments or universities [20], and someimmersed themselves in
excellence so our members can live authentically, fully engage, and flourish. In order to strengthen the college and progress its mission, the college dedicates itself to intentional and ongoing reflection to meeting the evolving needs of [the College], the surrounding communities, and the State. In the first row of Table 7, we again report institutional breakdown by Basic CarnegieClassifications. Our analysis including postings from six Associate’s and/or BaccalaureateColleges, six Master’s Colleges and Universities, and nine Doctoral Universities. Below the firstrow, the counts of targeted language subcodes among the different institution types aredisplayed. We found that the most intentional type of targeted language
) demonstrated – 1 point; or not – 0 points 3 options (levels) fully – 2 points; partially – 1 point; or not demonstrated – 0 points 4 options (levels) fully – 3 points; some – 2 points; less – 1 point; or not demonstrated – 0 pointsIn the development of this rubric, reflection on the previous implementation of a similar problemwere considered – findings discussed by Rodgers et al. [28]. The two biggest changes were: (1)rubric items related to the shareability dimension were incorporated in and (2) some rubric itemshad more levels rather than having as many dichotomous rubric items. The first change was toadd another dimension of analysis in the study. The second change was primarily based on thedifferent context of the problem aligned better with
part of thisprofession. Without many experiences in classes or through co-curricular activities that showhow personal and professional experiences can be integrated, students are likely tocompartmentalize those senses of social responsibility. Those who do have significantopportunities to consider how their personal goals positively impact their work will go throughan evaluative and reflective process, visualized below, to take stock of how they can live theirpersonal social responsibility goals through their profession. Thus, Canney and Bielefeldt argue,the professional connectedness realm of social responsibility development requires engineers toconsider the opportunity costs and benefits of their decisions. For example, working to
librarians now "believe that‘understanding some ethical, legal, economic, and socio-political information issues’ is anelement of IL" [9]. This approach is reflected in the ACRL’s Framework for InformationLiteracy for Higher Education [4].IL instruction for graduate students takes various forms. It can be integrated into a graduatecourse or delivered as a stand-alone workshop. It can also be offered as a one-shot session or as aseries of sessions. The latter offers the opportunity to establish a relationship with students,compared to the one-shot session, and appears to have a much greater impact on studentretention [9, 10]. The course-integrated sessions have the advantage of strengthening the linksbetween librarians and professors and are directly
/assignments. Therefore, as part of this study, the participating faculty regularlyengage with two social science research experts in engineering education who serve as mentorsfor survey, focus group, evaluation, and reflection best practices in course design andassessment.In sum, the unique features of the HEPE offer the following features: (i) students working inteams, (ii) students working across disciplines, (iii) students working on an open-ended problem,(iv) students having access to professors from multiple disciplines, and (v) students havingaccess to external expertise and critique. The next section (section 4.2) describes the details ofthe course offering.4.2 Course implementation structureTwenty-one students are enrolled in the initial
mentors to create a network of support; iii) reflect on the past to learnmore about oneself and others; and iv) develop new ideas through critical thinking and questioning to becomestronger each day. In effect, EduGuide seeks to develop one’s mind-set, confidence, knowledge, skills,resilience/grit, and self-control, to enhance one’s personal development, understanding of the college culture andwhat it takes to succeed in college.The EduGuide program is used by each STEMGROW student intern throughout the summer and evaluated on theeffectiveness of both the program itself and of the mentors that act as coaches through the online platform. In thismanner, each intern can get coaching and mentoring from all the graduate, undergraduate and faculty
empathized with each other, and teachers’actions and language. Observations also include student notebooks which have lesson reflectionquestions as prompts for connecting lessons, empathy and real-world connections. The thirdmeans of data collection is interviews with students. Participants are asked interview questions atthe end of the program reflecting on the lessons and how they connected empathy andengineering. The interviews consist of questions such as: was there a time during the day whenyou connected with a peer or teacher and learned about how they felt about their project or thetopic at the time? If so, how did this connection affect you? and think back to a time today whenyou were faced with a challenge. What did you do to try and tackle
essential for the creation of attitudesrelated to solving social problems as well as for developing the abilities that could help them. This vision has been appropriated for American engineering curricula considering thatengineering can have a humanistic approach through specific courses or methodologies, theassessment of their activities from a perspective of the ethics, and the reflection about therelationship between engineering and technology, including its impacts [8]. In that sense, themain objective is deconstructing engineering from a utilitarian perspective, based on effectivityand loyalty to institutions, to reconstruct it in a libertarian or communitarian perspective based
and reflection in engineering learning, and student development in interdisciplinary and interprofessional spaces.Dr. Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia Dr. Nicola Sochacka is the Associate Director for Research Initiation and Enablement in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) in the College of Engineering at UGA. Supported by over 1.5M in funding, Dr. Sochacka’s research interests include systems thinking, diversity, STEAM (STEM + Art) education, and the role of empathy in engineering education and practice. Her work has been recognized through multiple best paper awards and keynote presentations at international and national conferences and workshops.Dr. Stephen Secules, Florida
voices in computing ensures oursociety grows and develops accordingly.My participation in BPC efforts has benefited me in many ways. It has strengthened myemotional intelligence; developed my capacity for mentoring; and increased my knowledge ofresources available to students, curriculum development, and new technologies for CS education.It encouraged me to reflect on how my career might best align with my passions. I reasoned thatI could have a bigger impact training the voices of the future than being a singular voice that wasnot reflective of a larger community. My participation in BPC efforts expanded my professionalnetwork; it gave me access to many mentors who helped facilitate my transition from industryand into academia as a tenure-track
Thinking Process, teamwork skills, andcommunication skills.One limitation of this evaluation is that the findings reflect only the perspective of studentparticipants. This was done deliberately in 2019 to allow the evaluation to focus on gatheringself-reported data from students. However, future evaluations of the Summer Accelerator shouldinclude data collected from multiple sources, including students, program instructors, andparents. This will provide richer information from multiple perspectives on the outcomes forstudents participating in the Summer Accelerator. Additionally, program instructors cancontribute information on the experience of implementing the K-12 IP program over the courseof one week. This information will provide further
officially began in Guthrie on Christmas Eve 1890 in the McKennon Opera House whenTerritorial Governor George W. Steele signed legislation providing for the establishment of anagricultural and mechanical college as well as an agricultural experiment station in PayneCounty, Oklahoma Territory, effective December 25, 1890 [5]. At long last, Stillwater wasdesignated as the location for the college by the designated commission. On May 15, 1957,Oklahoma A&M changed its name Oklahoma State University of Agricultural and AppliedSciences to reflect the broadening scope of curriculum offered. However, the name was quicklyshortened to Oklahoma State University for most purposes, and the "Agricultural & AppliedSciences" name was formally dropped in
differentiating featureto this PhD degree versus the traditional PhD advertised at University, the Transition Zone™,this degree’s bespoke training program supporting the researchers’ development as the leadersand entrepreneurs of the future, positioned the degree as an attractive option for those pursuing aHigher Education degree. Amongst the non-PhD topic-related skills sought when consideringthis degree, the top three sought-after skills were: • Self-management skills: being able to set SMART objectives for themselves, reflective and reflection on the task (i.e., a past experience) and in the task (i.e., during an experience), record-keeping, sense of ownership as a motivator, leading and motivating oneself. • Business acumen: how to
their departments or colleges. This research addresses the need for a scale to measure microaggressions in the uniqueengineering to provide data to better understand the breadth of microaggressions experienced bystudents. The development and validation of the EGRMS will impact engineering students andacademic leaders as it enables the collection and analysis of microaggressions across manyengineering departments and colleges.AcknowledgementsThis material is based in part on work supported by a National Science Foundation No., 1828172and 1828559. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation
Junior Year Participant Comparison Discussion and Conclusions We are grateful to the National Science Foundation for supporting the SustainableBridges project. Please note that any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation. The data presented here on the first three cohorts of theEngineering Ahead first-year bridge program for pre-major Engineering students is part of thelarger Sustainable Bridges project (#1525367). The preliminary results are promising for the first three cohorts of the first-year
& Exposition, pp. 26.15109.1-26.1519.16, 2015.[10] D. W. Hess, Leadership by Engineers and Scientists: Professional Skills Needed toSucceed in a Changing World, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley/AIChE, 2018.[11] D. W. Hess, “Leadership Skills Awareness and Development via Interactive EngineeringCourses or Workshops”, Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 53(1), pp. 33-41, Winter, 2019.[12] D. Hess, Leadership by Engineers and Scientists: Professional Skills Needed to Succeed ina Changing World, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley/AIChE, 2018, pp. 40-42 and Appendices A and B.[13] A. N. F. Versypt, “Self-evaluation and Reflection for Professional Development of ChEStudents”, Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 53(3), pp. 157-161, Summer, 2019.[14] Kolbe Group: https
ofteam 6 shared responsibility on the project and each made a substantive contribution to theoutcome: “Each member knew the assigned content assigned to him/her and I couldn't be morethrilled about how the delivery went.” Another example is team 11. One member wrote: “Ourteam members are not afraid to bring up ideas and or concerns during the project period. Wewere able to compromise on conflicts.”Teams in Group 2 evidenced weak TD and low IE. Teams 4, 5 and 7 fit into this category.Survey comments from this group reflected persistent challenges with Team Dynamics: “We hadone team member that didn't do too much and what he did do was last minute. That was a bitdifficult to work around,” and “We all did well when we worked together, but it was
satisfaction among ECE faculty.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) underaward EEC-1623125. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. References[1] M. F. Fox, “Women and Men Faculty in Academic Science and Engineering: Social- Organizational Indicators and Implications,” American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 53, no. 7, 2010, pp. 997–1012.[2] E. A. Frickey and L. M. Larson, L. M. “A closer examination of Engineering Department culture: Identifying supports and barriers.” Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American
a priority forimplementing the B&R which need PCEE to give assistance.Universities have richexperience and activity forms at PCEE, which can help enterprises to carry out PCEE andultimately promote B&R construction. Therefore, the successful university-industrycollaboration participating in the PCEE of B&R should be reflected in four factors:professional knowledge training, cultural exchange & transmission, International studenteducation and joint research. Only to achieve the above four points can it be said to besuccessful.But all things are difficult before they are easy. At first, enterprises did not realizethat universities could help. Few enterprises took the initiative to seek cooperation withuniversities, and
ceiling for each one. The trip also provided experience intransportation over a vast expanse of water - many of them for the first time. Apart from theinformation provided before each field trip, an official from each organization was contacted tospeak to the students and to provide a guided tour of the facilities. After each field trip, there wasa reflection session were the students discussed their experiences and the lessons learnt. Figure 6shows students in a field Trip to the Cape May Ferry and the Wildwood Aviation MuseumFigure 6 Students on the Cape May Ferry (L) and in the Wildwood Aviation Museum (R)Questionnaires and Exit SurveysThere were Questionnaires completed by the students every week on the activities of the Instituteon each
students relate to each course's learning outcomes. Theinstructors must dedicate time to planning the logistics, aligning the syllabi, and homeworkprojects. Any overlap between courses reflects real life, so faculty must embrace how thoseoverlaps can be utilized to correlate Social Media homework for the benefit of the students. Amajor concern was that one student was registered for two of the courses at the same time, yetthe faculty decided to ask the student to conduct each course's deliverable separately.Integrating such innovative technological tools that are engaging to learners not only creates asense of appreciation and belonging but also provide real connections to the world. Minoritystudents who are less aware of issues in the U.S
improvements to first-year experiences. One example skill category thatemerged in each class standing category was teamwork skills. Students who participated in thissurvey after taking the course found skills related to teamwork as useful. The skills developedfrom working in a team are an important outcome of first-year design experiences. We found thatas students reflected on the course with more time removed from taking the course theyidentified different aspects of teamwork as useful. For example, freshmen included timemanagement, sophomores highlighted the interdisciplinary nature of working in a team, andjuniors liked how the team project simulated real-life work experience. The multiple perspectivesimply that the team-based component of the
Engineering Education, 2020Virginia Digital Shipbuilding Program (VDSP) – Building an agile modern workforce to improveperformance in the shipbuilding and ship repair industryAuthors: Joseph Kosteczko; Katherine Smith; Jessica Johnson; Rafael Diaz, Ph. DSubmitted to: MILITARY AND VETERANS DIVISION (MVD)AbstractIndustry 4.0 is the latest stage in the Industrial Revolution and is reflected in the digitaltransformation and use of emergent technologies including the Internet of Things, Big Data,Robotic automation of processes, 3D printing and additive manufacturing, drones and ArtificialIntelligence (AI) in the manufacturing industry [15]. The implementation of these technologiesin the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry is currently in a nascent stage
of experiences and theopportunities for reflection on those experiences. Previous studies on Black women inengineering industry, although few, have often focused on women with more extensiveexperiences (ten years or more).We also note that the smallness of the sample is an indicator of earlier barriers to entry intoengineering and graduation rates that must be addressed if more Black women are to enter theworkforce. Out of over 3,500 survey participants, only ten were Black women (less than 0.3% ofthe sample). These numbers indicate the challenges of studying this group as well as future workthat must be done to open pathways. All of the participants were from the same institution, alarge predominantly white institution (PWI). These Black
reflect the self-regulative learning experiences oflearners.The MSLQ in the Freeform context In 2008, an active, blended, and collaborative (ABC) teaching and learning environmentfor a core engineering science course (Dynamics), named Freeform, was developed and adoptedby a team of mechanics instructors [28]. With the goal of a student-centered classroom, Freeformtransformed a lecture-based pedagogical environment to a highly-networked pedagogicalenvironment. The hybrid nature of course resources (i.e., instructor-produced videos, hybridtextbooks which combined a traditional textbook and significant white space for note taking, anda course blog) allowed the students to actively, collaboratively engage in the class and managemultiple
, and WE Engage! in 2019, were developed to complement existingfreshmen student support programs, with a focus on specific target populations whose numbershave been historically low relative to the larger university population and surrounding areas.Engage ME! is a diversity and inclusion program developed to recruit, retain, and graduatemulticultural COE students. While open to all students, Engage ME! emphasizes engagementwith African American, Hispanic/Latino and Native American students for personal, academic,and professional development. Although the UNC Charlotte student body reflects the diversity ofour community, the same cannot be said for the COE. Underrepresented students from ethnicand racial minorities account for 41% of the
important to its members because it has helpedthem fully integrate their multiple identities into their work. The group supports members’identity development, which enhanced their ability to be supportive of LGBTQ+ students.The current study has a few limitations that can be addressed in future work. First, the currentpaper only reports a fraction of the emergent themes. Second, the VCP members interviewed forthe project were self-selected and may not be reflective of STEM faculty not participating in theVCP. In addition, the linguistic and conceptual analysis is not presented here as the interpretationis ongoing and will be deepened in future rounds of analysis. Finally, due to research stafflimitations iterator reliability has not been performed