Liles, R. G., & Lambeth, C., & Waters, C., & Pai, D. M. (2011, June), Are We Growing the Next Generation of Bioengineers? An Ecological Assessment of One BioInstitute Summer Camp  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17506

\bibitem{asee_peer_17506}
  Liles, R. G., \& Lambeth, C., \& Waters, C., \& Pai, D. M. (2011, June), \emph{Are We Growing the Next Generation of Bioengineers? An Ecological Assessment of One BioInstitute Summer Camp}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17506

Robin Guill Liles, Courtney Lambeth, Cindy Waters, and Devdas M. Pai.  "Are We Growing the Next Generation of Bioengineers? An Ecological Assessment of One BioInstitute Summer Camp".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17506 Internet.  08 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_17506}
  Robin Guill Liles, Courtney Lambeth, Cindy Waters, and Devdas M. Pai.
  "Are We Growing the Next Generation of Bioengineers? An Ecological Assessment of One BioInstitute Summer Camp".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17506 Internet.  08 Jan, 2025

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AB  -             Are We Growing the Next Generation of Bioengineers?         An Ecological Assessment of One Bio-Institute Summer CampDuring the summer 2010 local high school students attended a week long Bio-Institute SummerCamp on a university campus. This was the second year of the summer camp which is part of aNational Science Foundation Engineering Research Center’s Education and Outreach Program.The Bio-Institute was made possible through a collaborative effort between two geographicallydistant campuses. This five-day commuter camp served students in 8th through 11th grade withthe goals of: 1) introducing students to bioengineering, and 2) encouraging them to pursue abaccalaureate degree in tissue engineering. Participants were chosen from a robust applicantpool, including both underrepresented populations and a diverse cross-section of high schools.Topics introduced included Tissue Engineering (TE) and Regenerative Medicine which arerevolutionary technologies that offer hope to people with compromised tissue function.Borrowing from the field of child development, Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time(PPCT) ecological theory was utilized as a foundation for assessment planning. PPCT ecologicaltheory posits that development results from multidirectional and interactional processes,occurring over time, between developing individuals and the context in which they learn, work,and live (Bronfenbrenner,1989, 1993; Bronfenbrenner & Ceci, 1993; Bronfenbrenner & Morris,1998). Ecological research requires systematic study of proximal process, person characteristics,contextual influences, and time effects. With this philosophical perspective in mind, a mixed-methods design was implemented to measure change in student understanding of (and interest in)science, engineering, and medicine, as well as their knowledge of tissue engineering andregenerative medicine. Measurements included pre-/post-assessments of both domain-specificcontent and the overall camping experiences. In addition, a focus group was conducted to obtainqualitative data from camp counselors concerning camp teaching and learning efficacy. Finally,follow up data were collected from campers and their parents to determine long-term effects ofthe camping experience.This paper will describe ecological assessment, including its philosophical underpinnings,discuss the general strategy of the camp, provide an overview of the teaching and learningmodules, and report evaluation results from admissions data and surveys collected from summer2010 camp, as well as compare these results with those obtained in summer 2009.                                          ReferencesBronfenbrenner, U. (1989). Ecological systems theory. In R. Vasta (Ed.), Annals of child      development, Vol. 6 (pp. 187-249). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.Bronfenbrenner, U. (1993). The ecology of cognitive development: research models and fugitive      findings. In R. Wozniak & K. Fischer (Eds.), Development in context: Acting and      thinking in specific environments (pp. 3-44). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.Bronfenbrenner, U., & Ceci, S. (1994). Nature-nurture reconceptualized in developmental      perspective: A bioecological model. Psychological Resview, 101, 568-586.Bronfenbrenner, U., & Morris, P.A. (1998). The ecology of developmental processes. In W.      Damon & R.M. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology, Vol. 1: theoretical models      of human development. (pp. 993-1023). New York: John Wiley.
AU  - Robin Guill Liles
AU  - Courtney Lambeth
AU  - Cindy Waters
AU  - Devdas M. Pai
CY  - Vancouver, BC
DA  - 2011/06/26
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Are We Growing the Next Generation of Bioengineers? An Ecological Assessment of One BioInstitute Summer Camp
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--17506
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