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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Engineering Educators"”.
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An Exploratory Study of Project Lead the Way Secondary Engineering Educators' Self-Efficacy
… number of teachers have been drafted to teach engineering content in secondary schools across America (NAE & NRC, 2009). Given that none of those teachers were specifically prepared for that task in pre-service secondary engineering teaching licensure programs, some—or perhaps even many—of …
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Understanding Education Technology Integration Experiences among Engineering Educators: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory Approach
… integration in higher education. Based in the Engineering Faculty, I adopted a Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) perspective to understand the experiences of engineering educators with regards to education technology integration in a department. A qualitative case study with …
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Examining the Extent to Which Select Teacher Preparation Experiences Inform Technology and Engineering Educators’ Teaching of Science Content and Practices
… (NGSS) (NGSS Lead States, 2014b) science educators were expected to teach engineering content and practices within their curricula. However, technology and engineering (T&E) educators have been expected to teach content and practices from engineering and other disciplines since the release …
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A Qualitative Study into the Impact of Outcomes Based Education on Engineering Educators and Engineering Education in the Technical Higher Education Sector in Ireland
… to outcomes based education (OBE) has had on engineering educators and engineering education in the Institutes of Technology (IoTs) in Ireland. Whereas engineering education research into learning outcomes largely focuses on how teaching may better align with their use, the focus of this …
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Comparisons of Design Thinking for Engineering Education
… the percentage of design thinkers among freshmen engineering students is greater than the percentage among the general population. However, engineering education's lack of attention to fostering creative ability may cause the design thinking ability of senior engineering students to suffer. The …
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Exploring the Constitutive and Social Processes of Ethics in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Teams
… of ethics in team-based design projects in an engineering education context. Engineering and design work involve complex social processes and ethical decision-making activities and collaboration (Bucciarelli, 2010). The understanding and development of ethics in future engineers is a primary …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Immediacy Behaviors and Student Motivation in Engineering Classrooms: Immediacy as a Cause of Motivation
… behaviors as predictors of motivation on engineering students. As a result, this study examined the impact of engineering instructors’ use of immediacy behaviors on engineering students’ motivation. The results indicated that verbal immediacy predicted engineering student motivation. The …
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Beyond Service Learning: Towards an Understanding of Engineering Student Development of Social Responsibility
More than ever, engineering students must be prepared for social responsibility. The 20th-century saw unprecedented social and technical advancement, leading to population growth and depleting natural resources. As a result, engineering educators have been called upon to prepare students for these …
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A national study to determine the characteristics of technological literacy for high school graduates
… (a) philosophers of education, (b) technology educators, (c) engineering educators, (d) scientists, (e) science educators, (f) classroom teachers, and (g) business and education support. The results of the study provide a clearer focus on what is meant by technological literacy. This study …
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Exploring Engineering Faculty Experiences and Networks in Integrating Ethics Education: Insights from a University-Wide Curriculum Reform
… influence. As a response to calls from engineering accrediting and professional organizations, engineering educators have begun to further emphasize the importance of ethical decision-making within the curriculum. However, despite numerous attempts to integrate ethics, there remains a …
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Η Τεχνολογία στην Πρωτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση: Ανάλυση και Σύγκριση των Ελληνικών Εκπαιδευτικών Προσεγγίσεων με τα Διεθνή Πρότυπα NGSS και ITEEA
… των ΗΠΑ και το International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA), όσον αφορά τη διδασκαλία της Τεχνολογίας στις τάξεις του Δημοτικού σχολείου. Στόχος της είναι να εντοπίσει τα κοινά σημεία και τις διαφορές μεταξύ των τριών πλαισίων και να αξιολογήσει τη συνάφεια τους για …
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A survey of methods and materials of instruction used to attain educational objectives set forth for manufacturing processes courses
Engineering educators are constantly striving to stay abreast of the technological advancements of our time. These technological changes have influenced course instruction to the extent that many of the traditional courses which were offered in the past have all but disappeared from the curricula …
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STEM education in Virginia 4-H: A qualitative exploration of engineering understandings in 4-H STEM educators
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is spurred by an economic and social need for cross-discipline understanding of complex, worldwide problems, made through intentional connections between two or more STEM subject areas. In order for educators to articulate these …
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The Impact of the Integration of Makerspaces and Making Activities Into Engineering Design Education
… in university campuses is encouraging engineering educators to incorporate making activities and projects into their curriculum to support formal and informal learning, foster multidisciplinary learning environments, promote collaborative learning, and help students develop critical …
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Career Goals and Actions of Early Career Engineering Graduates
Much of engineering education research focuses on improving undergraduate engineering education. However, in order to help new engineers prepare for and successfully transition to the workplace, and therefore improve retention within the engineering practice, it is vitally important to understand …
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The Vigor of Creative Materialism: Making the Hidden Stories of Underrepresented Engineering Students Visible
<p>Despite decades of initiatives, engineering education continues to lack diversity. The proportion of women, BIPOC, LGBTQA+, low-income, first-generation, and disabled students in engineering education remains below national population levels. The culture of engineering is a barrier to increasing …
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Preparing Students for Professional Work Environments Through University- Industry Partnerships: A Single Case Study of the Co-op Development Program
… University and industry stakeholders in engineering agree that collaborating to share expertise and implement programs that aim to support the school-to-workforce transition for engineering graduates is critical. However, in light of existing efforts, a more nuanced view of …
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A Novel Method for Thematically Analyzing Student Responses to Open-ended Case Scenarios
My dissertation is about how engineering educators can use natural language processing (NLP) in implementing open-ended assessments in undergraduate engineering degree programs. Engineering students need to develop an ability to exercise judgment about better and worse outcomes of their decisions. …
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People not Print: Exploring Engineering Future Possible Self Development in Rural Areas of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau
… of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau area perceive engineering as a future career. This area is a portion of the greater Appalachian region, which has historically, faced disproportionate economic struggles when compared to other areas of the United States. However, little research on career choice …
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Design, decisions and dialogue
… to support the teaching of design evaluation in engineering. The design consists of a simple computerbased tool (or 'learning environment') for displaying and manipulating infonnation used in the course of problem solving, with a separate dialogue component capable of discussing aspects of the …
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