that reflectionplays in students’ lives outside of higher education. We also need to understand the extent towhich negative associations with reflection may result from unintended consequences ofreflection activities in higher education. Knowing more about students’ perspectives onreflection can help us be effective educators and also more responsible, ethical educators.In this work we sought to understand undergraduate students’ perspectives on reflection,specifically the types of engagements they have had with reflection. In our analysis we identifymeanings in motion, varied practices, felt engagements and a school-life divide as important forunderstanding students’ perspectives.Related workReflection can be understood as a form of thinking
healthyapartments, affordable and market rate, along with space for local businesses, a new hotel, anautomated agriculture system and live/work spaces designed for creatives [10]. The eco-villageproject provides an opportunity for students to investigate the intersection of projectmanagement, engineering economics, sustainability and metacognition on a live project.Students directly interact with the Place team to learn about innovations in infrastructurefunding, project design challenges, development ethics and innovation in sustainability as theyconsider their own learning progression.The development of the class partnership with Place is based on the goal of giving students anin-depth and professional experiential learning opportunity that provides them
outcome of theBologna process. However, it can also be found well outside the EU (Hahn & Teichler 2015).Subsequently, this has set the scene for international understanding, as well as creating newarenas for international misunderstanding.In this educational context, it is not surprising that the notion of intercultural or globalcompetence (i.e., intercultural understanding and the ability to communicate, work and functioneffectively and ethically in environments characterized by cultural and social diversity), hasbecome more relevant for European HEIs, whereas a decade ago the calls were mainly comingfrom North America (e.g., Parkinson 2009). Going further back in time, to the mid-20th century,the explicit call for intercultural or global
team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 The Development of a Coding Scheme Analyzing Formative Assessment in Undergraduate Engineering Science CoursesAbstractThis research paper addresses responsive teaching, which is a particular form of formativeassessment that instructors use to understand and respond to the “disciplinary engagement” ofstudents in real-time during instruction While ideas about what constitutes “disciplinaryengagement” are established in science education where responsive teaching has receivedconsiderably study, the field of engineering has not yet established a clear idea of what“disciplinary
talent cultivation model for industrial needs. Improve the quality ofengineering talents based on industry standards. Cultivated engineering talents should bejudged as "products" based on industry standards. Promote the deep integration of scienceand education between universities and enterprises. (2) Emphasize on the main functions ofcollege educators, and build an innovative engineering talent support system. Deepen thecurriculum and teaching reform in colleges and universities, attach importance to thedevelopment of students' abilities, qualities, engineering ethics, and stratify and classifytalents. (3)Increase the supply of engineering education talents and the funding of trainingfunds. Strengthen research support in the field of
any adversities you have had to overcome. State how the awarding of a NSF S-STEM Scholarship would assist you in achieving your academic and professional goals. Your Personal Statement should not exceed three double-spaced pages. (maximum of 35 points) Reference Letters – Consider appropriateness, level of work ethics, dedication, and academic ability as demonstrated in letter for reference (maximum of 35 points.) TOTAL POINTSComments:Assessment and Evaluation ObjectivesA number of specific objectives were stated in the initial proposal that were used as yardsticks toassess the success of the program. The first was academic success and retention as measured bythe participants maintaining a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0
thedesign cycle [4]. However, few studies have explicitly examined student learning through thelens of the knowledge and practice expectations of a 21st century engineer [14]. Yet, 21st centuryskills have been embraced by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)and are included in the standards for engineering programs [15]. The 21st century skills includecollaboration and teamwork, creativity, communication, emotional competency, culturalcompetency, ethics, leadership and management, critical thinking, and content knowledge. Afundamental shift in the ABET engineer paradigm with the adoption of the 21st centuryframework reflects a focus on engineers as being at the service to society. The ABET standardssuggest that there is
8 Project Management 15 Ethical ResponsibilityThe undergraduate curriculum focuses on application of rigorous analysis methods,comprehensive evaluation of equitable societal needs, adherence to relevant guidelines andstandards, and determination of optimal solutions to complex engineering problems. Table 2depicts an undergraduate student’s design experience across the undergraduate curriculum.Obviously, a student’s exposure to design complexities increases as the student advancestowards graduation. Typically, the freshmanexperience is limited in scope, but open-endedenough to create a context where students can begin developing an understanding of what the“design process” entails. Students undertake disciplinary
practitioners argue that further improvements are necessary. One of the definingcharacteristics of design is that there is rarely a single correct answer to an engineering problembut, rather, an optimal or acceptable solution leading to a final design, presented as the bestpossible balance between technical as well as non-technical constraints. These non-technicalconstraints, typically involve: economics, politics, social and environmental issues, ethics, etc.And, while professional practitioners generally accept this understanding of design, students, byenlarge, tend to interpret the engineering design process as an unambiguous and clearly definedprocess supported by rigidly applied principles and processes of “the scientific method.”Students’ vision
justice work is by practicing an ethic of care [31]. According to Hill Collins, “theethic of caring suggests that personal expressiveness, emotions, and empathy are central to theknowledge-validation process” [p.766, 31]. Our caring responses to targeted harassment - thosethat acknowledge the emotional toll on colleagues, that do the empathic work of repair - are infact ways of building new knowledge and contributing to the scholarship of engineeringeducation.Conclusion: Counting the Stakes, Calling for ActionThe NAE Report “The Engineer of 2020” [22] emphasized the importance of social context ofengineering practice: “Attention to intellectual property, project management, multilingualinfluences and cultural diversity, moral/religious
andTechnology (ABET), “engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, orprocess to meet desired needs.” The aim is to optimize time and materials while still producing aquality product through “establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis,construction, testing and evaluation.” Engineers must be aware of the realistic constraints of theirproject, such as, “economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics and social impact.” Adiagram showing the details of the process is shown on Figure 3. Following the engineeringdesign process is crucial to finishing a project successfully.Schools with ABET accreditation, such as CSULA, include the engineering design process invarious courses throughout the curriculum
stringsrather than cubic units. Since there is no other polymer to compare this with, and we have notgone over crystallinity in my university classes yet, I fear I am unqualified to determine the typeor crystallinity of this polymer, and this task would be better suited to someone more qualified.”Emotional appeals are well received in some genres like essays; however, engineers mostly relyon logical or ethical appeals in the technical report genres. The student tries to convey hisarguments emotionally, so the report has “makes sense” and “I fear”. In addition, this exampleproves a lack of conventional knowledge in technical writing on referencing. The webpage linksare attached in the parenthesis on the report.All OIT student samples show knowledge of
increase thequantity and quality of construction graduates towards a more competent and diverse workforcefor the development of 21st century built environments.Professional identity is a combination of professional (roles, decisions, ethics) and personalselves (values, morals, perceptions) [7]. Professional identity development (PID) in students is adynamic process as a novice student compares new inputs from training and professionalassociations with previous views; and upon, various levels of internalizations, the professionalidentity may be accepted or rejected [7][8]). PID in students involve students’ beliefs of theirown performance / competence, interests in the profession, and feelings of recognition bysignificant others. It is the
offerings were as follows: Figure 1: Project Based Learning Core of CoursesBy starting in the Junior year and culminating with a year-long senior capstone, participants wereable to progressively build their professional skills over several semesters. Detail PBL coursedescriptions may be found after the following titles: ENGR 350 - Engineering Practices and Principles III - Engineering project-based learning (open-ended) with emphasis on project control and engineering design processes. Special emphasis will be placed on professional, ethical, global, environmental, and contemporary issues. Contact Hours: 2 Lecture, 2 Lab. ENGR 400 - Engineering Capstone I - Senior engineering project
, and gender and 2) engineering education, with a focus on socioeconomic class and social responsibility. She is currently completing a book manuscript on the intersection of engineering and corporate social responsibility. She is the author of Mining Coal and Un- dermining Gender: Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West (Rutgers University Press, 2014), which was funded by the National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2016 the National Academy of Engineering recognized her Corporate Social Responsibility course as a national exemplar in teaching engineering ethics. Professor Smith holds a PhD in Anthropology and a certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan
are encouraged; however, smaller teams can be accepted if the students demonstrate theyhave the appropriate discipline, work ethic and accountability to be successful. A faculty/staffselection committee will then evaluate the proposals in terms of quality, research interest, andresources required (e.g., expertise, time, supplies, equipment, funding, faculty advisor). Theselection committee is usually comprised of the MESA Center coordinator, grant directorsfunding the projects and an additional STEM faculty. Once selections are made, teams arenotified and required to attend an orientation where students sign agreements, liability waiversand other requisite paperwork. They also interact with other student researchers through team-building
discriminated, too.” (P8) “I think the first thing is not to make this so awkward because I find myself often not sure of when to disclose to people that I am hard of hearing. If I am at a phone interview, I know that I have to be in a quiet space. Also, I can't use a speakerphone because it sometimes was not clear. I have an experience where I am on a phone call with the call quality is really bad. I have to ask them to repeat. You know it makes the interview not go very well.” (P5) “I did have an interview with the Department of Defense. They made a conditional job offer but withdrew, because of ethical concerns. They encouraged me to apply to different departments within the Department of Defense. I turned it down
participants were informed of the conditions,risks, and safeguards of the project.Additional steps were taken to ensure the study was conducted ethically and avoided any ethicaldilemmas such as protecting the anonymity and confidentiality of the participants. Steps toensure anonymity included assigning codes to mask any personal identifiable information thatcould be traced back to each participant. Steps to safeguard confidentiality in addition toassigning codes to each participant included the storage of any personal identifiable informationin a separate file (e.g., demographic information, student identification number, etc.) andsecurely discarded once the data collection had been completed. NVivo – a qualitative dataanalysis computer software
manual vs. online grading for solid models,” inProceedings of the ASEE 120th Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, USA, June 23-26,2013.[3] T. Branoff, E. Wiebe and N. Hartman, “Integrating Constraint-Based CAD into an IntroductoryEngineering Graphics Course: Activities and Grading Strategies,” in Proceedings of the ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, Nashville, TN, USA, June 22-25, 2003.[4] I. Chester, “Teaching for CAD Expertise,” Int’l Journal of Technology Design Education, Vol.17, pp. 23-35, 2007.[5] Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.2.ii.html,Accessed 1 February 2020.[6] D. Kolb, Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development (Vol. 1).Englewood Cliffs, NJ
approaches consistentwith autoethnography, specifically Anderson [8]. Each person individually and criticallyreflected on their experiences and documented these reflections in narrative reports. In terms ofhandling the data, the research team used a protocol informed by theory in order to focus thesereflections so they could be collectively and collaboratively evaluated. We workedcollaboratively on the analysis to develop the results giving participants a chance to respond tothe analysis process and findings as they emerged. The study secured ethical clearance from theInstitutional Review Board (IRB).LimitationsA limitation of this work is that one author, Holly, has administrative responsibility for thecourse sequence within the department. While
, such as a sophomore-levelproject-based course that provides the foundation for successful teamwork, professional ethics,design processes, and professional formation as a civil engineer. Project materials for this courseare provided by industry partners (e.g., data, plans, construction estimates, stakeholder input andfeedback), which are being developed into project case studies that can be integrated horizontallyand vertically into coursework to showcase how a component analysis fits within a largersystem. (See related paper being presented at this conference [1].) Cultural transformationincludes flexible departmental structures, for example replacing the current structure oforganizing faculty around sub-disciplines and instead organizing
of studentdesign reports indicate that design achievement and ability to communicate design improve asstudents complete additional projects. By implementing and assessing hands-on engineeringdesign project assignments at the sophomore and junior levels, we have improved student designknowledge, confidence, and achievement prior to capstone design.IntroductionAn undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) curriculum should prepare students toapproach complex problems confidently. To achieve this, BME programs can offer curricula thathelp students develop into technically adept engineers, effective communicators, and skilleddesigners that account for social, economic, and ethical responsibilities. Modern health-relatedchallenges also require
Paper ID #28692Building Toys for Children by Applying Entrepreneurial-Minded Learningand Universal Design PrinciplesDr. Scott Streiner, Rowan University Dr. Scott Streiner is an assistant professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department (ExEEd) at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, with a focus in engineering education. His research interests include engineering global competency, cur- ricula and assessment; pedagogical innovations through game-based and playful learning; spatial skills development and engineering ethics education. His funded
them in simulation provides hapticfeedback to students.The overarching goal in this work is to cause students to 1.) expand upon the concepts learnedearlier in the course, 2.) explore new applications and limitations of the technologies introduced,3.) work in small groups to design and test an experiment, and 4.) collaborate and ethically sharemeasurement outcomes.MethodsEach of the earlier laboratories in the Microelectronic Devices & Circuits course, in which thisnon-idealities lab occurs, concludes with its own short experimental exploration. Theseexplorations ask students to use the technology they have just been exposed to in lab and apply itin a practical way. Such practical applications include LED lighting, signal rectification, a
related to self-understanding (personal strengths [8], values, ethics and social identity).Students completed eight reflection assignments, based on the lecture and discussion topics.Prior to Fall 2018, course evaluations for ENGR 110 consistently indicated that some studentsdesired more exposure to careers within the engineering field, while other students needed moresupport leveraging academic resources and integrating into the engineering communitysuccessfully. Many students indicated that their primary motivation for enrolling in the coursewas to determine which major to pursue and had limited interest in other topics provided by thecourse. In an effort to improve student engagement and motivation across a range of needs, weintroduced student
Body of Knowledge is a valuable resource for junior engineers to recognize the skillsand training necessary to enter the civil engineering profession, yet the resource has notnecessarily been adopted among civil engineering faculty in a deliberate way. The authors of theBOK specifically identify the senior design course as the likely opportunity for students toacquire knowledge in specific professional categories supporting full development intocompetent civil engineers. The BOK’s language identifies the course as one component of the“typical pathway for fulfillment” for the Social Sciences, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving,Teamwork and Leadership, Professional Responsibilities, and Ethical Responsibilities. Withthese (5) outcomes
of encouraging peermentoring [22]. To facilitate teamwork, students completed and submitted their Meyers-Briggstype including weight of each category with follow up discussions on how differences inpersonalities could make for positive or negative collaboration experience. Other activities tofacilitate teamwork included a Code of Ethics co-written by teams, a signed list of participationfor each member at each gate, and a teammate review for all team members at the end of thesemester. The final review contributed to 5% of student final grade.Instrument and procedure The instruments were iteratively developed since 2016 fall semester, with the overall goalof receiving feedback from students to further improve the learning experience
-residence at Nokia Bell Labs and an assistant professor at the University of Michigan teaching Sci-Fi Prototyping, a course combining sci-fi, prototyping, and ethics. Her ongoing objective is to combine her background in art, design, and engineering to inspire a more positive future. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Considering people: An exploratory investigation of engineering student ideationLaura R. MurphyShanna R. DalyColleen M. SeifertEytan AdarSophia BruecknerUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAAbstractHuman-centered design is a prominent approach to engineering design. However, research hasdocumented multiple engineering student challenges in considering the people who will use
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instance, Table 4shows all the concepts that were found to be associated with the thematic branch labeled aspersonal attributes.Table 4. Concepts contained within the Personal Attributes Thematic Branch Personal Attributes Attitudes Behaviors Character/Personal Traits Adventure outlook action charisma Curiosity/how things work (inquisitiveness/interest) cognitive adaptability courage experience assess identity lesson learned dream ethics positive