theories of systems of oppression, provide aforum to critique particular ideologies central to engineering culture that hinder authenticprofessional discussion and reflection on the political, social and ethical dimensions of scienceand technology, and present participants with particular examples where systems of power haveinterlaced with engineering science and design such that access to opportunities, resources andgoods have been stratified across various social identity groups. Having the ability to measure anindividual’s growth in conceptualization of oppression and privilege would be instructive for theindividual and for measuring success of programs designed to promote this learning. The lack ofsuch an instrument provided motivation for
everything that can be learned is transferable, such as psychomotor skills, cognitiveskills, affective attitudes, methods, principles, theories, facts, concepts, relationships, structures,among others[6]. Therefore, universities should prepare integral professionals that articulateglobal knowledge, professional knowledge and work experiences, and recognize the needs andproblems of society to create sustainable and effective solutions. Competencies are the set ofskills, behaviors, and abilities that allow people to reflect on an action and know how to act whensituations are faced, even if the situation occurs in a new context [7]. Since they play a key rolein the process we decided to focus on competencies to better understand transfer of
refer toall those involved in the teaching process for this paper including professors at rank, instructors,and teaching assistants. The operational team aims to develop a quality-oriented teaching culturein the recently launched university. The ISW implemented with recourse to the vision of theprogram and with the support from admin and development of a core team of staff memberstrained leads to better teaching processes evidenced from both qualitative (teacher interviews)and quantitative (survey results) methods.The ISWThe Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is designed to encourage reflective practice and toassist participants in developing their teaching and feedback skills. The underlying principles ofthe ISW include: participatory
throughprocesses of community-building, organizing, and education, creating transformativeexperiences in democratic and reflective spaces that directly address root causes. This mayinclude every-day actions such as cooking, gardening, building, establishing space, as well asperformance and creative output.In conversation with Highlander’s practices of creative resistance and agency building, we alsotake from the foundational work of Imarisha Walidah and Adrienne Maree Brown regarding thepractice of emergent strategies for community organizing and enacting change [16]. Brown andWalidah have established the technique of future visioning through the writing of science fictionnarratives that enable social critique as well as creative resistance and playful
teaching plan to incorporate what they learned into their own teaching. Atthe end of the academic year, faculty participants are tasked with completing a final reflection. Inthis paper, we will report the content of the workshops as related to the overarching goals of theISE-2 program, along with how the coffee conversation topics complemented the workshopmaterial. Lastly, we will explore the role of the teaching plans and final reflections in changinginstructional practices.IntroductionImproving Student Experiences to Increase Student Engagement (ISE-2) focuses on a facultydevelopment program designed to reduce implicit bias and increase active learning in order toincrease underrepresented minority (URM), women, and first-generation students
mechanisms.”The result, Hatt concludes, has direct implications for diversity and inclusion in that “whitenessand smartness get reproduced” [6, p. 1143].For the aspiring engineer, being classified as intelligent based on achievement scores, or smartbased on informal classroom criteria, affords the label’s recipient certain privileges andopportunities, in the form of things like admission into engineering programs, scholarships,internship opportunities, or potential employment after graduation. Because of this, it is vital thatengineering educators be aware of the idea of smartness as a construct that is distinct from, yetrelated to, intelligence, so that they can begin to 1) reflect on their own beliefs about therelationship between smartness and
conduct mutual interview through which they developboth reflective and reflexive understanding toward each other’s profession, cultures as well as biasduring the communication. The paper is organized in four parts. First, it reviews engineering education in the US andChina, identifying their ontological foundations and differences/similarities in terms ofpedagogies, curriculum and objectives. Seconds, it introduces the design and implementation ofthe Global Classroom in the context of US-China trade war, in particular, how teaching moduleswere concocted to situate ethics discussion in the world with growing hostility, and how themutual interview between US/Chinese students along with the self-evaluation of bias were builtinto the
may indicate that engineering students’ education narrowed to amore technical focus in later years of the curriculum.In-college international involvement related to SRBeyond courses, students and alumni described other international experiences that impactedtheir views of social responsibility. Reflecting back on his involvement in EWB, Sam noted: [EWB] was a way to use my...my engineering skills to help people; I think that was... a big goal of mine … I think I've kind of always just had a sense of, like, I've been given a lot and fortunate to, like, have a good education and those kinds of things, and that part of my responsibility is to do stuff to help other people who maybe haven't had that kind of opportunity. And I think
documenting the structure and effectiveness of such practices,primarily from a pragmatic perspective grounded in highlighting programmatic features ordocumenting assessment results. Building on these efforts, our research team is working towardsclarifying and critiquing the strategic aims and nuanced choices involved with crafting suchinitiatives. The purpose of this paper is to identify key dilemmas associated with enhancing theaccessibility of institutional support practice. To address this purpose, we used collaborativeinquiry methodology to reflect on various issues related to program participation, structure,advertisements, messages, recruitment, etc. The results of our study highlight subtle ways thatwell-intentioned educators and student
several promising LGBTQ-inclusive behaviors.MethodsIn spring 2017, the researchers conducted an online survey with the Leadership Community inorder to measure and document progress, satisfaction and outcomes for the VCP community.The members of the VCP were asked to provide examples of ways in which the VCP andadvocacy activities have made a difference - personally, to students, to colleagues, to theirdepartment, or to the profession. The results reflect the perceptions of the members of aCommunity of Practice after one and a half years of development and will provide an indicationof the strength of the foundation of a sustainable community of practice capable of achievingindividual and community goals.The survey was sent to 20 active members of
between engineering faculty expertise and the requirements of preparing students to function well in diverse settings and promote inclusive practices. Possible Topics for Future Papers/Collaborations • Given that engaged reflection is essential for students to optimize their learning from intercultural interactions and other diversity interventions, what are the most effective pedagogical strategies for getting students to engage in meaningful reflection? How can we structure reflection assignments so that they are optimally timed, efficient, and focused while still allowing space for
identifies perceived benefits and challenges for the students engaged in thecompetition. Complementing the report of the team's experience at the 2018 RTZ, this studyemphasizes the importance of teamwork collaboration in the present context of the AEC industrywhile drawing upon concepts of sustainable construction. The study encompasses data collectedfrom: (1) a survey with all the 8 students, (2) interviews with the faculty leader and the studentteam leader, and (3) the reflections of two of the authors of this paper based on their ownexperiences and observations as participants in the 2018 RTZ competition team. Three categoriesemerged from the data and background literature analyzed: teamwork, education and knowledge,skills, and abilities (KSA
chilled the classroom?• Celebrate every moment spent on critical self-reflection about teaching The ETW places a premium on reflective self-assessment. The assessment of the third participant class relies heavily on self-assessment, with the intent that workshop participants will continue to develop these skills at their home institutions.There are several items on the list that are not currently in the ETW but could andprobably should be incorporated:• Build coalitions with educators who are different from me in terms of race, sexual orientation, gender, religion, home language, class, (dis)ability, and other identities The suggestion of building a coalition is a great one and it could easily be incorporated into the
answers, whether correct or not. Logistically, the educator follows the guide sequence in general but often limits time forsense making or reflection. For instance, he frequently minimizes or skips sections of theactivities that require whole group discussion, writing, or reflection; thus each activity runs about15 to 20 minutes under the suggested time. He infrequently emphasizes the activity’s purposewith the whole group (Table 4). His use of questioning strategies with the small groups appearsto support development of engineering habits of mind and sense making. The educator often usesquality pedagogical strategies that support youth, such as open-ended questioning (Table 4).Overall the educator facilitates a youth-directed experience
. Companies that she has worked with renew their commitment to innovation. She also helps students an- swer these questions when she teaches some of these methods to engineering, design, business, medicine, and law students. Her courses use active storytelling and self-reflective observation as one form to help student and industry leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to prototyping and then to delivery.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research
comes out or begins transitioning between the ages of 18 and 24[14]. This itself is a process with additional social and material support needs which canovershadow the demands of the classroom.Resiliency and social support Resiliency refers to the processes used to overcome challenging situations and adapt tothe demands of life, with particular attention on the unique strategies employed by marginalizedgroups [16, 17]. Transgender and gender nonconforming students are often written about throughdeficit framing which define their lives in terms of their trauma or perceived academic failure[13, 18]. In contrast, resilience is “reflected by achievement in career development, happiness,relationships, and physical well-being in the presence
- cation with specific emphasis on innovative pedagogical and curricular practices at the intersection with the issues of gender and diversity. With the goal of improving learning opportunities for all students and equipping faculty with the knowledge and skills necessary to create such opportunities, Dr. Zastavker’s re- cent work involves questions pertaining to students’ motivational attitudes and their learning journeys in a variety of educational environments. One of the founding faculty at Olin College, Dr. Zastavker has been engaged in development and implementation of project-based experiences in fields ranging from science to engineering and design to social sciences (e.g., Critical Reflective Writing; Teaching and
systems problems.In this paper, the hands-on activities were designed for the students to immerse themselves into asystem, participate in the system, and experience the behavior of an operating system first-hand.These activities are sometimes thought of as games; however, these games were connected to thefirst three of the learning objectives. The students led games and participated in games. The teamthat led the games was responsible for obtaining structured written feedback from theparticipants, developing their own reflective feedback and developing a full written report of thegame.Roadmap for Using Hands-on Discovery Activities (HODA) in a CST CourseIn 2017, Hands-on Discovery Activities (HODA) were incorporated into an existing CST
. Their plans, actions, policymaking,reflections, and frustrations all aim to explore possible reactions to the challenges brought bythese dominant images. 1It is worth noting that the idea of dominant images is not an empirical concept. In other words,the dominant image active learning in American engineering education does not necessarily inferthat most American engineering schools and programs have adopted or developed active learningwell. Rather, dominant images often have normative value. Engineering programs and facultymay have different feelings about active learning, but active learning as a social image is relevantto their educational
kind of formal curriculum education is notavailable in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the general sense (Wang Xuyan et al,2018);participating in competitions is a good way to improve students' entrepreneurialability(Harrington, 2017); the number of graduates who choose to start their own businessescan reflect the output of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in a sense (Beyhan et al, 2017).Synergistic symbiosis mainly refers to the cooperation between organizations in universities.This paper divides synergistic symbiosis into two secondary indicators, namely, theuniversity-school synergy and the teacher-student synergy (Zheng Juan et al.,2017). At leastfor the time being, transforming teachers into entrepreneurs is not the most effective way
consulting with nonprofits, museums, and summer programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Creation of an Engineering Epistemic Frame for K-12 Students (Fundamental)AbstractIn implementation of K-12 engineering education standards, in addition to the professionaldevelopment teachers need to be trained to prepare students for future engineering careers,assessments must evolve to reflect the various aspects of engineering. A previous researchproject investigated documentation methods using a variety of media with rising high schooljuniors in a summer session of a college preparatory program [1]. That study revealed thatalthough students had design
several department-specific Comm Labs, 2)Brandeis’s centralized Comm Lab for their Division of Science, and 3) Rose-Hulman’sundergraduate-only centralized Comm Lab for students using a multidisciplinary, co-curricularspace. We then discuss these adaptations with a focus on how our different institutional profilesshape our Comm Lab design. Specifically, we draw connections between institutional data andthe disciplinary focus, scale, and institutional fit of each Comm Lab. We conclude by sharingdata about the Comm Labs’ success, reflecting on the importance of continued data collection,and considering the value of cross-institutional collaboration. Our conclusion reflects both thelimitations of our study and the need for ongoing research. These
. Section V provides a conclusion and implications.II. MethodsThis study was conducted by a combination of a survey of the faculty advisors/counselorscommunity within SWE, and through the analysis of written reflections provided by the authorsof the paper, all of whom are faculty advisors and/or counselors. In 2017, this group of eightadvisors and/or counselors identified factors that contribute to their level of involvement inrunning student organizations. Their individual experiences were shared with respect to their rolein the section’s long-term and short-term goals for the success and sustainability of studentorganizations.The survey was developed based on the goals of the study, with several rounds of review andrevision to ensure that the
your own business. The next set of 47 questions asked students to show their level ofagreement (on a 7-point Likert scale from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree”) withstatements that measure three realms and eight dimensions (see Table 2 below for an explanationof each).Finally, students were asked about their experiences with volunteering and a set of demographicquestions (gender, engineering major, year in school, GPA, race or ethnicity, previous engineeringwork experience, first-generation status, religion, and age). The post-test additionally askedstudents to reflect on their experiences in the course and if they would be willing to do afollow-up interview. Table 2: EPRA Realms and Dimensions Realm
paradoxes ofleadership, or how leaders frequently experience competing demands. In the case of women leaders, thismay include inconsistent expectations around gender and leadership roles, such as the competence andlikeability tradeoff. Participants reflected on personal leadership successes and challenges and groupdiscussion centered on the wide range of leadership roles faculty may choose to pursue. Participantsidentified personal core values and developed an individualized leadership vision linked to these values.Other topics covered during the off-site residency included networking skills, best practices inunderstanding and motivating others, and managing difficult conversations.In between the off-campus and on-campus sessions, participants
● Room (e.g. BL 266A) ● Instructor (e.g. “Jack H”)In the application, these columns are renamed to standard titles and new columns are added. Theprogram has been written in a modular format to allow easy substitution of titles. The outputspreadsheet is shown in Figure 2. In addition to renaming the columns, a few basic calculationshave been made. This includes changing the time from AM/PM to military formats. The timedurations have been calculated. This requires some correction for academic practices such as 50minutes = 1 hour and a 3-hour laboratory might be 2 hours and 45 minutes. It is worth notingthat the durations of ECET 452 and EE 311 are not an even or half and the times for thesecourses will need to be adjusted. The weight reflects
selected to gain a broadrepresentation of the engineering disciplines (bioengineering, computer science, chemicalengineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanicalengineering) and age (millennials with a mean age of 22.1 years). The social groups used toidentify the students reflected diversity in self-identified gender (15 female, 15 male, and 2transgender) and race/ethnicity (9 Asian, 9 White, 4 Black/African American, 7 Hispanic/Latino,and 3 multiracial students). As mentioned above, students were asked open ended questions onattributes of leaders and the findings presented in this paper focus specifically on 10 questionsrelated to prototypical attributes of leaders. Samples of these questions
of the previous year, we completedreflections on what impact we would like to achieve within our positions and the degree to whichwe believed we achieved this impact. We also reflected on strategic actions we took to achieveimpact. In this work, we leveraged the framework developed by London [8] that defines impacton the basis of scientific, contextual, and societal components.Using an emergent analysis approach, we identified impacts and strategic actions that werepresent across our positions and institutional contexts. We subsequently developed a quantitativesurvey instrument to more broadly investigate the impact and strategic actions of other earlycareer engineering education faculty. This also involved investigating influencers such as
with the faculty engagement model proposed by Kathrin as well as the faculty feedback, allT&L Academy events have both academic and social emphasis. A typical agenda for SummerWorkshop includes one featured presentation or training session led by invited speakers that helpour faculty to gain new knowledge, skills or insight, plus multiple social activities that fosterconversation, reflection, and shared-learning among participants. The topics of the summerworkshop and the forums are solicited through a faculty survey to make sure that the contents ofT&L events are aligned with the faculty interest. In addition to face-to-face meetings, a Moodlesite for the T&L Academy has been established to share workshop and forum presentations
more likely to create drawings of white, male engineers who areworking alone than drawings of women, minorities, or people working in groups [13]-[17]. DAEstudies also indicate that children often have a narrow view of the work of engineers, oftendrawing them as laborers who build and fix things [14]-[18].The development and use of a Draw-An-Engineering-Teacher Test could provide pre and in-service teachers with the opportunity to capture their mental images and reflect on what theybelieve engineering does or would look like in their classrooms. These depictions could aideeducation faculty and professional development providers in identifying these potentialmisconceptions and give participants the opportunity to reflect upon how they can