, that access to supportive networks, such as mentors andpeers, can provide encouragement and help women navigate the challenges ofstudying and working in STEM fields.Since the interviewees are students at an advanced university in Kazakhstan, the learningenvironment is substantially competitive, especially for undergraduate students. It also leadsto toxicity as was mentioned by some respondents. Moreover, the presence of a gender gapand the absence of women in both classrooms and faculty reflect on female students in STEM(Q32, 33, 34). “There are few girls in CS. Male peers usually group together, while girls stay alone. It was difficult for me to find female friends from CS, all my friends are from different majors. Moreover, at
studytime solving textbook problems [1, 2]. In undergraduate engineering courses, most of thesetextbook problems (and course assessments designed by instructors to include these textbookproblems either verbatim or a variation of these problems) are designed to evaluate the ability ofstudents to recall facts and basic concepts, and apply these concepts in various contexts to solvenumerical problems (Please refer to Tables A.1 and A.2 for sample questions). Students mightdevelop problem-solving skills, partially through pattern-based recognition, by completing theseassignments and also be able to achieve good grades in the course. However, these grades (andoverall GPAs) are often not an accurate reflection of their understanding of
chemistry and grades were comparable between genders [16]. Self-confidence canalso be reflected in student expectations for a course, as well as the grade threshold at which theyseek help (with a high grade-threshold corresponding to a greater willingness to seek SI). Kesselsand Steinmayr reported that female students generally have better attitudes towards, and lessavoidance of, help than male students, despite both genders exhibiting equal acknowledgementof the benefits from receiving help [17]. However, regardless of the ability or decision to seekhelp, the impact of SI has gendered differences as well. Academic performance has been foundto be positively correlated with SI attendance in female students but negatively correlated with SIattendance
future publication. Figure 6: Students’ Response to Career Interest Question in College ImplementationAcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Defense Education Program (NDEP)for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach, andWorkforce Initiative Programs under Grant No. HQ00342010040. The views expressed inwritten materials or publications, and/or made by speakers, moderators, and presenters, do notnecessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Defense nor does mention of tradenames, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.References[1] J. Foust, “Space industry struggling to attract more skilled workers,” SpaceNews, Apr
year (2019-2020), Extension Services began with twocolleges that award both two- and four-year degrees and were part of the same state system. Inthe second year (2020-2021), three CCs that exclusively grant associate degrees joined theinitiative. We integrate data from evaluation surveys and interviews, and—for the most recentLC cohort—structured personal reflections from three points-of-contact leading their CLTs. Forthis last piece, two points-of-contact reviewed and contributed to this paper as co-authors, andanother point-of-contact contributed to the early development of the paper.We descriptively analyzed a total of 13 responses from an end-of-initiative survey, which wasadministered by external evaluators at the University of Washington
enterprise; graduate more and better prepared minorityengineers; increase efficiency and productivity at MSIs; and develop a sustainable and effectiveinfrastructure to support minority students, faculty and staff at all universities. In time, IEC willgrow, and the model being developed can be replicated and implemented for other disciplines.The ECP project created an HBCU Engineering Network which successfully demonstrated thatan experimental centric pedagogy combined with hands-on educational technology stimulatesstudent interest in the STEM area, promotes content acquisition and problem solving, andretention. As the ECP project wound down, the group reflected on what lessons there are to belearned from this experience. First and foremost, the
field holds, and how these things are reflected in workinglife and business. The second category got the most hits of all the categories with almost halfof all the respondents referring to the idea of technological knowledge and artifacts becomingbetter through the acknowledgment of diverse ideas, views, and needs. The arguments in thethird of the technology categories emphasized the need for women as skilled workforce.However, women were not seen as reserve labor to compensate for the shortage of men, butas a workforce needed for the sake of its added value to the field.Table 1. Codes and categories addressing the respondents’ arguments related to technology Name and description Illustrative quotes Technology: field, business
current duties included department chairs, instructional andresearch faculty members. In order to protect participants anonymity, we provided a robustbackground on participants, but we will not use their names.In total, the focus group consisted of a total of 10 women who are involved in CE as current orformer students or faculty members. The objective of this study was to design the focus groupsin a way in which each one would reflect a broad spectrum of views and perceptions of womendirectly linked to the CE degree program, albeit in different forms.Focus group facilitationThe group sessions were run by two researchers. The first has extensive experience ineducational research and acted as session facilitator. The second was the academic
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between modules within courses. The positivism createdand perpetuated by this silo in engineering education ultimately positions rightness as a hidden,structural, exclusionary force rather than something constructed by the people in the room. Theauthors conclude that students are working at a boundary condition created over years ofseparation between the physical and social sciences and this itself is another barrier. Studentsstruggle with their engineering identity when centering public welfare or justifying nontechnicalwork after experiencing partial integration of social impacts in technical courses, and “[this] kindof negotiation [reflects] the tensions and unsettled boundaries between what students [consider]to be inside or outside the scope
students suggested modifications to the overall program structure,course topics, and instructional approaches. For example, students thought that courses in the CSprogram did not connect well with each other. Aligned with Bruner’s [48] Spiral CurriculumFramework, learning often starts with introducing a topic, mastering that topic, revisiting thattopic in a higher-level course, and finally making connections to other topics in the higher-levelcourses. As students responded that the latter part of the learning cycle (i.e., creating connectionsbetween courses) is missing in the CS pathway, one approach instructors can use is to not onlyrevisit concepts from prior courses, but also ask students to reflect on how this revisited conceptrelates to the
capstone design; this requirement is reflected in Outcomes 11-13. In the multidisciplinarycapstone program at Georgia Tech, professors (as well as sponsors) can propose capstoneprojects. The student teams bid on the proposed projects and the course instructor matches teamsto projects based on their bids. Therefore, since Prof. Weitnauer clearly indicated in herproposals that the capstone projects would require built prototypes that would be used in theNovember exhibit, and she was the primary advisor, the Fall 2022 capstone students were eagerto not only produce a prototype, but do so early, so it could be included in the exhibit. It is notedthat for the next version of the exhibit, which will show in Spring or Fall 2024, Prof. Weitnaueris a
efforts. However, despite someparticipants either leading or being engaged in formal programs that coached men on how to beeffective allies, there remained an uncertainty around which strategies to focus on, how tosuccessfully implement them, and generally, how to best serve the women that they seek tosupport. The fear of not responding appropriately or discomfort that can arise from reflecting onone’s own role, as a member of the majority, in perpetuating oppression or challengingproblematic views espoused by colleagues should not deter men from engaging in gender equitywork. This self-doubt described by participants indicates that mentorship, further education, andengagement in formal ally training programs may be beneficial, as normalizing the
initiative to transform engineering education to reflect the growingimportance of sustainability in all engineering functions.16 EOP was developed and is evolving 2023 ASEE National Conferencethrough collaborations among hundreds of sustainability advocates across sectors, geographies,and lived experiences. EOP seeks to ensure all future engineers, across all disciplines, learn thefundamental skills and principles of social and environmental sustainability.The EOP Framework was first launched in 2020 and is a cornerstone of the EOP initiative. Theframework is the first of its kind in that it incorporates to guide to coursework, teaching tools,and student experiences that define what it means to be an engineer who is