Ehsan, H. (2022, August), Parent Professional Development: Connecting Formal Education to Informal Education (Curriculum Exchange)  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41275

\bibitem{asee_peer_41275}
  Ehsan, H. (2022, August), \emph{Parent Professional Development: Connecting Formal Education to Informal Education (Curriculum Exchange)}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41275

Hoda Ehsan.  "Parent Professional Development: Connecting Formal Education to Informal Education (Curriculum Exchange)".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://strategy.asee.org/41275 Internet.  30 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41275}
  Hoda Ehsan.
  "Parent Professional Development: Connecting Formal Education to Informal Education (Curriculum Exchange)".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://strategy.asee.org/41275 Internet.  30 Apr, 2024

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title = "Parent Professional Development: Connecting Formal Education to Informal Education (Curriculum Exchange)"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - For decades, informal education research has provided evidence of the importance of parents’ involvement in pre-college students’ STEM learning.  In the recent years, many researchers have put efforts into understanding the roles parents play to better engage children in engineering in out-of-school settings, including at-home. On the other hand, the shift to online learning during the pandemic and lack of access to external educational resources have highlighted the important roles parents play in providing elite education for children. However, when it comes to engineering education, parents, with no engineering background, do not have enough resources/trainings to provide engineering learning opportunities for their children at home. 

This resource shares a detailed description of a short professional development (PD) that was held at a high school for parents to learn about engineering. The parent PD had two aims: (1) to introduce what engineering design is, and (2) ways to engage children in engineering design at home. The PD was developed based on the ASEE P-12 Framework for Engineering Learning. During the PD, parents engaged in an engineering design activity in groups of three-four, without being introduced to any engineering design processes/frameworks.  They were then asked to reflect on and discuss their design practices and processes. Finally, they were introduced to the Engineering Design practices suggested by the ASEE framework. This resource will include the engineering design activities, the guiding questions for parents, as well as a few slides that was used in the PD. This resource can be used by educators and researchers who aim to hold Parent PDs. 

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