Julie P. Martin, Isabel Miller, Karin J. Jensen, Deepthi E. Suresh
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Contribution: This study synthesizes insights into the thematic focuses and linguistic attributes that resonate most in engineering faculty collaborations aimed at fostering entrepreneurial mindsets (EMs). It provides a roadmap for educators and institutions to effectively communicate and encourage entrepreneurial thinking in engineering. Background: Amid the heightened emphasis on entrepreneurial thinking in engineering education, understanding the factors that resonate with faculty is pivotal for informing curriculum development, aligning with global trends, and optimizing the preparedness of engineering graduates. Research Questions: 1) What elements of the EM are most frequently emphasized by faculty in their shared educational content? 2) What aspects of the EM resonate most with academic faculty? and 3) How do these relations differ in the electrical or computer engineering disciplines compared to other engineering fields? Methodology: A comprehensive analysis of educational resources shared by faculty on EM was conducted. The study used text analytics to assess engagement metrics, such as views, shares, favorites, and downloads. The data were analyzed using Stata. Findings: Faculty engagement strongly resonates with the three core components of the EM: Curiosity, Connections, and Creating Value, often emphasized in their shared educational content. Specifically, the “Creating Value” component emerged as the most significant across most engagement measures, with nuanced variations in the electrical and computer engineering disciplines.
贡献:本研究综述了旨在培养创业思维(EMs)的工程学教师合作中最能引起共鸣的主题重点和语言属性。它为教育工作者和机构提供了一个路线图,以便在工程学领域有效交流和鼓励创业思维。背景:在工程学教育越来越重视创业思维的背景下,了解与教师产生共鸣的因素,对于指导课程开发、与全球趋势接轨以及优化工程学毕业生的培养至关重要。研究问题1) 在共同的教学内容中,教师们最常强调哪些创业元素?2) 教育管理的哪些方面最能引起学术教师的共鸣? 3) 与其他工程领域相比,电子或计算机工程学科的这些关系有何不同?研究方法:对教师在 EM 上共享的教育资源进行了全面分析。该研究使用文本分析来评估参与度指标,如浏览量、分享量、收藏量和下载量。数据使用 Stata 进行分析。研究结果教师的参与与教育网络的三个核心要素产生了强烈共鸣:好奇心、联系和创造价值,这三个要素在他们分享的教育内容中经常得到强调。具体而言,"创造价值 "是大多数参与度测量中最重要的组成部分,在电气和计算机工程学科中存在细微差别。
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Contribution: This article provides an examination of changes in first-year engineering students’ perceptions of the role of an engineer after completing the Engineers Without Borders Challenge. Background: Essential pre- and post-comparisons missing in existing studies on the Challenge are provided, as well as comparison to other first-year project types across two universities. Research Question: Do students who participate in service-learning versus traditional project-based learning gain different understandings of the role of an engineer? Methodology: This work implements the questionnaire variant of convergent mixed methods design. A survey containing a mix of Likert-scale, open-ended short answer, and closed card sorting questions was administered to students enrolled in first-year engineering (FYE) courses across two institutions. Limitations of this work include potential bias due to the pre/post survey design and participant course self-selection. Findings: Students’ perceptions of the roles of engineers did not significantly differ by project type. However, changes in their perceptions of technical skills as important to the role of engineers did indicate the beginning of a transition from discipline level thinking to process level thinking. Additionally, course learning objectives influenced students’ perceptions of the role of engineers—with an increase in awareness of the importance of problem solving, communication, design process, and teamwork and a decreasing sense of importance of items missing from course objectives, such as creativity and helping people. Engineers’ professional responsibility to diversity, equity, and inclusion were absent from both the course syllabi and student perceptions of the role of an engineer.
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Shannon Chance;Farrah Fayyaz;Anita L. Campbell;Nicole P. Pitterson;Sadia Nawaz
Understanding mathematics is essential for learning many concepts in engineering. Conceptual learning of engineering requires students to successfully connect abstract and concrete concepts to achieve a cohesive understanding of the content, and doing so goes beyond memorizing facts and applying formulas. Educators can observe that conceptual learning “has happened” once a student is able to successfully explain the concept, use the concept, and create new knowledge from the learned concept [1]