Conversation Analysis of Engineering Parents' Occupational Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs

Broadening participation from a diverse set of individuals is one of the central tenets of engineering education research. Interest in a potential occupation is influenced by knowledge and familiarity as a child reaches adolescence. However, studies have shown that most children have limited information regarding engineers, and this lack of knowledge can often persist into adulthood. Parents are the predominant source of occupational information for young children, and researchers hypothesize that parents socialize their children to be predisposed to their own occupation through informal interactions such as conversations. This is highly evident in the phenomena of occupational inheritance that is prevalent within engineering families.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering Education

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Dorie Brinkman, Brianna Louise

Contributors dc:contributor

• Monica E. Cardella
• Șenay Purzer
• Morgan Hynes
• Linda S. Lee
• Gina N. Svarovsky

• Engineering parents
• Occupational Inheritence
• Occupational knowledge
• Storybooks
• Young Children

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1341

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2557