conceptual and epistemological reasoning. Lately, he has been interested in engineering design thinking, how engineering students come to understand and practice design, and how engineering students think about ethics and social responsi- bility.Hannah SaboAndrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park Andrew Elby’s work focuses on student and teacher epistemologies and how they couple to other cognitive machinery and help to drive behavior in learning environments. His academic training was in Physics and Philosophy before he turned to science (particularly physics) education research. More recently, he has started exploring engineering students’ disciplinary thinking and thinking about issues of equity and power
benefit for all those involved. “Students can enrich their academic learning andcivic ethic; faculty can find community partners provide excellent co-educators and thepartnerships can invigorate their teaching and research; agencies can access enormous resourcesto address their missions and goals, and; community members gain through services that might nototherwise be available” [13]. “It is important to carefully consider various aspects of thepartnership before embarking on a service-learning project. The following issues andrecommendations are taken or adapted from service-learning research and stakeholder input” [14].The following notes are compiled from the Service-Learning workshops and seminars at CaliforniaState University, Fresno ([13
Kazerunian and Foley17 stated that most engineers arenot being offered an education that values creativity in their work, which has impacted breadth ofthinking for engineering students. Educators, far too often, promote narrowly focused,prescriptive design methods over providing opportunities for students to explore larger issuesand new ways to think about engineering practice. As one example, in the year 2000, 80% ofengineering programs did not include ethics-based courses aimed at broadening engineeringstudent thinking. Only a subset of the remaining 20% of institutions included engineering ethicscourses, and the others relied on courses in the social sciences or philosophy.18 As professionaland educational organizations began to realize the need
. Technical preparation consisted of: “…theperformance of the functions of analysis and creative design…mastery of the fundamentalscientific principles associated with any branch of engineering…the ability to make criticalscientific and economic analyses and to organize these into clear, concise, and convincing oralor written report”. Socially the engineer should be prepared by: “…the development ofleadership…a deep sense of professional ethics…an understanding of the evolution of societyand of the impact of technology on it; and acquaintance with and appreciation of the heritage ofother cultural fields; and the development of both a personal philosophy… and a sense of moraland ethical values...”. Although both technical and social definitions are
experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.(d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.(g) an ability to communicate effectively.(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues.(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.A new curriculum map
success topics presented to the on-site students included time management, GPA calculation, resume building and internshipopportunities, library services, and personal learning styles [16-18].Faculty lectures delivered during the SPB covered topics on the engineering design process;engineering disciplines; importance of mathematics, chemistry and computational tools inengineering; lean manufacturing; engineering mechanics; data analysis and visualization; ethics;professional licensure; and career searches. Content varied from material that would be includedin freshmen engineering courses to introducing advanced (upper-level) engineering courses [16-18].The primary experiential learning activity incorporated into the SBP was a group
: Research could be conducted to assessthe effectiveness of ChatGPT in teaching and learning specific engineering concepts or skills. This couldinvolve comparing student outcomes when using ChatGPT to when using other teaching methods orresources. 2) Student perceptions of ChatGPT: Studies could be conducted to understand how studentsperceive and engage with ChatGPT in an engineering education context. This could include surveys orinterviews with students to understand their attitudes towards ChatGPT and their experiences using it intheir studies. 3) Ethical considerations: Research could be conducted to explore the ethical implications ofusing ChatGPT in engineering education, such as the potential for cheating or the risk of relying tooheavily on
. Introductory SessionThe first session was an informational meeting where students learned about the project’s goals,completed training in camera use, filled out consent forms, and could ask questions. The sessionbegan with an icebreaker that asked everyone in attendance to state their names, hometown, major,and a current event that had their attention. Breakdowns of desirable norms for group meetings, asummary of what photovoice is, and participation expectations were discussed. Critical guidelineswere also given for ethical considerations of photographing others, including requiring consentforms for featured individuals.E. Individual InterviewsTeams of two facilitators conducted the individual participant interviews. The interview protocolwas loosely
communicating and synthesizing literatureinformation into a coherent argument. Two outcomes that were strongly related to high reportgrades were being able to properly paraphrase literature information as well as properlysynthesize it into an argument. These last two outcomes were particularly weak for teamsconsisting solely or primarily of graduate students. It is recommended that undergraduatestudents receive reinforcement of library research skills, while graduate students requireadditional instruction in paraphrasing, synthesis of ideas, and ethical attribution. Additionalresearch is needed to examine the IL background of international students.IntroductionThe Materials Processing and Process Selection course (ME6500) at Northeastern
environmental justice–namely whereengineers attend to their position as carrying out and reinforcing practices that create orexacerbate environmental racism but holding engineering as neutral.Recently, scholars published an editorial in the Journal of Engineering Education titled, “Theclimate is changing. Engineering Education needs to change as well” (Martin et al., 2022). Thescholars bring attention to the changing climate to emphasize four points (1) connect climate andsustainability to engineering design, (2) value cross-disciplinary perspectives, (3) “understandthe ethics and justice dimensions of engineering” and (4) “listen to and collaborate with diversecommunities.” (Martin et al., 2022, p. 740). In the third points, the authors discuss
aluminum is considered. (B) Following cold rolling, learners progressthrough the module and can visualize a simulated tensile test of their cold-rolled structure.Simulated data can be saved from the emulator.Figure 6. Material Lab Simulation Tool Thermocouple Simulator. Thermocouple Simulatoremulator section where learners can simulate dynamic changes that temperature has on voltagebased on material selection of the two materials forming the thermocouple.3. Methods3.1. Survey QuestionnaireEthical approval of the survey was obtained from the McMaster Research Ethics Board (MREB#5630). The survey includes questions regarding their experience in the materials science tutorials(see Supplemental Information: Appendix 2). Students were sent a short
. [13] discusses pedagogical approaches in designthinking, service-learning, communication, collaboration, and ethics education whereengineering educators can introduce and cultivate the concept and skill of empathy. Thisempathy learning can happen within engineering but can include other disciplines so thatengineers can think like or empathize with non-engineers [13]. Jaycox, et al. [14] explicitlydiscusses the implementation of this pedagogy for empathy integration within courses for ethicalreasoning and engineering design. Alsager Alzayed, et al. [15] discusses empathetic creativityand the institution of empathy within design generation. Huerta, et al. [16] discusses amindfulness training program for first-year engineering students for the
research intern with the Center for Health Equity Trans- formation working on engineering design methods for building with those closest to health injustices, a science policy fellow with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) outlining policies to mitigate bias in medical technology development, testing, and market deployment, and write about engineering, ethics, and social justice in outlets like Scientific American. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Community-Driven, Participatory Engineering Design to Shape Just, Liberatory Health FuturesAbstractEngineering education regularly overlooks people it is supposed to serve, especially thosehistorically and
HE in a general sense, we move to consider the purpose ofengineering education specifically, making use of various UK reports to define thecharacteristics of the ‘new’ engineer. In recent years there has been an increasing emphasison the need for engineers to apply systems thinking to solve complex engineering problemswhilst considering the wider context [22]. Engineers should behave in a socially responsibleand ethical manner whilst demonstrating cultural awareness. They are expected todemonstrate a range of professional skills including communication, teamwork, project andrisk management, business awareness and leadership [22], [23] and there is an expectationthat they will engage in their own personal development and lifelong learning [22
, Vakil and Ayers invite STEM educators to: "Imagine the possibilities that open when being a 'STEM person' (as a programmer, student, teacher, scientist, engineer, technician, or professor) invites a world view and set of cultural, ecological, and societal storylines that are synergistic with the kinds of values, morals, and ethics associated with participation in historical resistance and freedom struggles. One can be a scientist or engineer and a community activist without irony or pause. Or a political engineer, for instance, whose curiosity and pursuit of technical knowledge and understanding is always guided by a motivation to imagine and design new technologies that resists oppression
Paper ID #37868Predicting learning outcome in a first-year engineeringcourse: a human-centered learning analytics approachLaura Melissa Cruz Castro Laura M. Cruz Castro is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education under the guidance of Dr. Kerrie Douglas. She holds a B.S. in Statistics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, a M.S. in Business Intelligence from Universität de Barcelona, and a M.S in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. Her research interests include educational data analytics, ethical considerations regarding the use of data in education, incorporation of
provided 78results in the first search, INSPEC 30, EBSCO ERIC 17, EBSCO Education Source showed 56results, Humanities International Complete provided 39, and Women Studies Internationalshowed six results for a total number of 226 articles. The first part of the paper-reduction process involved removing duplicates. There were38 duplicate journal articles in our data. The main reason for this is that papers appeared in morethan one database. Therefore, we went from 226 articles to 188. The second layer of exclusioncriteria applied the titles of the articles. Some articles were unrelated to LGBTQ+ topics or ourresearch questions and revolved around Biology, Chemistry, Communications, ComputerScience, Economics, Education, Ethics, Religion
Paper ID #37235Faculty-Student Interaction and Its Impact on Well-Being inHigher Education for STEMCortney E Holles (Teaching Professor) Cortney Holles is a Teaching Professor in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines where she has taught and developed the required first-year ethics and writing course for STEM majors since 2004. She also teaches science communication and service learning. She defended her educational criticism/action research dissertation on “Faculty-Student Interaction and Impact on Well-Being in Higher Education” and earned her Ed.D in 2021. She is now engaged in
understanding of the problem. Moreover, all sponsors indicated that they would prefer a hybrid model over either F2F or virtual communications. This would give students the flexibility to be present on location at the sponsor’s facility for critical project milestones but have the flexibility to meet virtually with their sponsors more frequently throughout the duration of the project.b. Student's Perspective: At the end of the senior design project, all students are asked to write a reflection statement that addresses the following questions: 1. Actual timeline compared to the proposed timeline, 2. Actual costs compared to proposed costs, 3. Ethical considerations for the project, 4. Effectiveness
studentoutcomes that we felt were most applicable and most reasonable for supervisors to assess. Itshould be noted that the ABET student outcomes recognize the importance of technical skills and“soft” or professional skills and require both. This is in line with what employers are saying theywant from future employees as well – technical skills, of course, but also professional skills [14,23]. Examples of desired professional skills include leadership, an ability to effectively work ina team, communication skills (both verbal and written), strong work ethic, flexibility/adaptability, and ability to work with others [24, 25]. Conforming to theory and practice, ourassessment tool focused on professional competence and essentially asked the employers
Zimbabwe (n=25) Senegal (n=138) Education / college / university 24% 24% STEM knowledge 60% 26% Knowledge of tools 12% - Professional competencies - 13% Attitudes (Self-confidence, 12% 11% Pragmatist, Optimist, Determined, Creative, Responsible) Problem Solving - 8% Ethical - 7% Table 3: Skills and knowledge required for engineeringBoth Zimbabwe and
toencourage engineering faculty is by introducing leadership pedagogies, practices, andepistemologies. Some popular frameworks that have been used in engineering leadershipresearch and practice are transformational leadership, servant leadership, and ethical leadership[9]. While incorporating leadership in the engineering education ecosystem is challenging, thefinal challenge that Klassen et al. [7] describe is disrupting marginalization. As a predominatelyWhite and male-dominated field, Klassen et al. [7] state, “deeper cultural and structural changesare required for leadership and engineering to reflect the experiences of all students, not justthose who fit the image of historically dominant groups.” Much of the work in both engineeringand
numbers of participants [3], [10], we could continue to couch our small numbersstudies in large datasets or proposals.This leads to questions for us, as a community, to consider. Is it important to have a large data setif we are not going to analyze all of the data? Would it be better for us to have smaller data setsthat we analyze more critically and deeply? Would it be better to have a smaller number ofparticipants and collect more in-depth data from those participants? Or does having a larger dataset help us have more credibility when sharing our studies with traditional engineering faculty?Is there an ethical concern around collecting data that is not included in later analysis?Generalizable/Contextual Tensions:Generalizability was discussed
injustices, polarizedsociety and that engendered modern societal discord within the built environment. Such issuesraised during the 4IR will require HEIs to develop greater capacity for ethical and interculturalunderstanding, placing a high premium on “soft skills” in engineering education withadaptability to address injustices from past practices (e.g. [14, 15]). Competence and skilldevelopment for workers in the nascent multibillion-dollar geospatial industry is prescribed bythe Geospatial Technology Competency Model (GTCM) [17]. Geospatial technologyprofessionals work in a variety of specializations of the geospatial industry includingsurveying/geomatics and mapping, civil engineering, architecture, urban planning, forestry, andcoastal and marine
highlight a small fraction of this new body ofwork, where students begin to engage in discussion of ARDEI concepts and ARDEI context istaught explicitly in engineering courses or is included in engineering problem solving.Some educators have begun adding context to show the connections between engineering andsociety to engineering examples, homework, and textbook problems that have traditionallyfocused on the technical aspects of engineering problem solving. Hirschfield and Mayes capturestudent interest in a chemical engineering kinetics course by using tangible examples of baking,antifreeze, and flame retardants, and asking students to reflect on the ethical considerationspresent in the design and use of these chemicals [14]. Riley’s
received from the Education Ethics Review Process Team prior toconducting this study.Questionnaire 1 was distributed to teaching staff via Teaching and Learning Network on MSTeams. 34 teachers participated in this questionnaire from different departments across theCollege. Questionnaire 2 was distributed to second-, third- and fourth-year undergraduatestudents from the Department of Chemical Engineering who have experience with universitylearning. 55 students (~14.4%) participated in this questionnaire across these three yeargroups. Both questionnaires 1 and 2 were launched at the beginning of the academic year.Questionnaire 3 was distributed to second year undergraduate students in the Department ofChemical Engineering at the end of teaching
was done through an open-ended question asking if participantssaw value in the connection between their laboratories and their in-class learning and futurecareers. Critical reflection has been found to enhance applied learning in professional programssuch as nursing, increasing the quality of student reasoning and understanding [8].Informed consent was obtained with the approval of the Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Boardof the University of Calgary. These surveys guided students through a critical reflection of theirlaboratory experience using Ash and Clayton’s DEAL model [5]. The revised Bloom’s taxonomy[6] was used as a tool to assess the level of learning required in the laboratory. The student surveyquestions are provided in Appendix