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Special Session: Building Intentional Community Partnerships, Julia D. Thompson, Juan C. Lucena, Marybeth Lima, Brent Jesiek
Special Session: Building Intentional Community Partnerships, Julia D. Thompson, Juan C. Lucena, Marybeth Lima, Brent Jesiek
School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Series
Recent growth in community engagement programs in engineering education clearly reveals the importance of understanding partnerships between the engagement programs and the community they work with. However, there has been minimal research and reflection on engineering education partnerships. In this special session, the participants will learn about theoretical frameworks that categorize different types of interactions within partnerships and practical implications on how to structure programs that make the community an integral part of the community engagement experience. The special session will be highly interactive, and will be grounded in the Transactional, Cooperative, and Communal (TCC) Framework that categorizes interactions within …
Development Of Entrepreneurial Attitudes Assessment Instrument For Freshman Students, Todd M. Fernandez, Genisson Sliva Coutinho, Michael D. Wilson, Stephen R. Hoffmann
Development Of Entrepreneurial Attitudes Assessment Instrument For Freshman Students, Todd M. Fernandez, Genisson Sliva Coutinho, Michael D. Wilson, Stephen R. Hoffmann
School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Series
An increasing population of university programs and quantity of curricular content focused on entrepreneurship poses both enormous opportunities for student growth, and numerous practical challenges. Prior work has largely focused on pre-post assessment of student learning, shifts in‘mindset’, activity effectiveness, mapping of student outcomes, and implications of student learning on career success. A baseline of freshman student attitudes towards entrepreneurship,outside of specifically focused entrepreneurial leaning, has significant potential to identify and inform programming in entrepreneurship, as well as general curriculums and pedagogy. An improved understanding of student’s constructive and cognitive influences in entrepreneurial education will serve to better inform the …
Engineering Together: Context In Dyadic Talk During An Engineering Task (K-12 Fundamental), Brianna L. Dorie, Monica Cardella, Gina Navoa Svarovsky
Engineering Together: Context In Dyadic Talk During An Engineering Task (K-12 Fundamental), Brianna L. Dorie, Monica Cardella, Gina Navoa Svarovsky
School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Series
Exploring how children develop early interest and understanding in engineering canprovide useful information for the ongoing efforts to increase the access of women inengineering careers. Drawing on occupational choice theories, girls and women havetended to place a high value on helping others in their work, but do not often realize thatcareers in engineering can lead to these types of endeavors. Adding layers of socialcontext that highlight the connections between engineering endeavors and improving thelives of others may create a more engaging experience for girls and women, andpotentially lead to increased development of girls’ engineering interest and understanding.Additionally, informal learning environments …
An Engineering Tale: Using Storybooks To Analyze Parent–Child Conversations About Engineering (Fundamental), Brianna L. Dorie, Monica Cardella
An Engineering Tale: Using Storybooks To Analyze Parent–Child Conversations About Engineering (Fundamental), Brianna L. Dorie, Monica Cardella
School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Series
Envisioning a larger workforce of engineers, with broad participation from a diverse set of workers, is one of the central concerns of engineering education research. While many current K-12 programs focus on engineering thinking and design, there is still a need to promote aspiration and understanding of engineering as an occupation, especially in out-of-school environments where children spend a majority of their time. Career aspirations and expectations of children have already started to develop prior to entering formal schooling. Several studies has shown that parents play a significant role in the development of occupational awareness in their children, but the …