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WIP: Faculty Developer’s perceptions of Engineering Instructional Faculty engagement in instructional professional development at HSIs

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 3

Page Count

8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41542

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https://peer.asee.org/41542

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Meagan Kendall University of Texas at El Paso

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Dr. Meagan R. Kendall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and Leadership at the University of Texas at El Paso. As an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, she received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Biomechanics, from The University of Texas at Austin. An engineering education researcher, her work focuses on enhancing engineering students' motivation, exploring engineering identity formation, engineering faculty development, developing integrated course sequences, and methods for involving students in curriculum development and teaching through Peer Designed Instruction. Dr. Kendall's scholarship emphasizes the professional formation of engineers, specifically through the development and application of the Contextual Engineering Leadership Development framework. Bringing together her work in engineering leadership development, curriculum design, and collaborative design, her current focus is on developing engineering instructional faculty as leaders of educational change at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Dr. Kendall is the Division Chair of the Engineering Leadership Development (LEAD) Division of the American Society of Engineering Education and a Technical Program Chair for the Frontiers in Education Conference 2022.

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Valerie Bracho Perez Florida International University

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Valerie Vanessa Bracho Perez is an upcoming mechanical engineering Ph.D student at Florida International University. She also holds a Bachelor’s and Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from FIU. Her research interest includes integrating LAs into engineering courses, and examining teaching practices in engineering courses.

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Gemma Henderson University of Miami

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Abstract

This work-in-progress paper details preliminary results from a qualitative study exploring faculty developers’ interactions with and perceptions of engineering instructional faculty (EIF) at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). One potential resource for supporting EIF’s educational innovation efforts is their institutions’ center for teaching and learning (CTL). Through CTLs, and similarly named offices, faculty developers provide EIF and other faculty with professional development opportunities, such as pedagogy workshops, consultations, and seminars. By engaging in services provided by faculty developers, EIF can draw on new ideas, energy, and perspectives for instruction that they can incorporate into their beliefs and practices. This is particularly relevant at HSIs, which play a crucial role in enhancing the education of Latinx engineering students. This study aims to understand HSI faculty developers’ perceptions of EIF’s motivation to participate in professional development programming around instruction. Leveraging the self-determination theory of motivation, our preliminary results suggest that faculty developers recognize how extrinsic and intrinsic factors play an important role in EIF’s decisions to engage in instructional development programming. Based on our preliminary results, we encourage the faculty development community to leverage the identity of EIF as problem-solving engineers, identify and correct misconceptions about the role of faculty developers, and be intentional about how their programming responds to the factors intrinsically and extrinsically motivating EIF.

Kendall, M., & Bracho Perez, V., & Henderson, G. (2022, August), WIP: Faculty Developer’s perceptions of Engineering Instructional Faculty engagement in instructional professional development at HSIs Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41542

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