(EI)2: exploring inclusive engineering identities through freshman engineering curriculum change
Date
2017
Authors
Atadero, Rebecca A.
Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.
Paguyo, Christina H.
Schwartz, Jeremy C.
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The engineering workforce needs to better represent the diversity of the society it serves by attracting and retaining students from diverse backgrounds. The process students experience to become engineers requires them to acquire technical knowledge but also to identify with the profession. This project is designing a new curriculum for freshman engineering courses to help shape students' emerging engineering identities and expose students to the important role diversity plays in engineering.
The curriculum is created to help students recognize the value that diversity brings to engineering in terms of (a) designing better and innovative solutions, and (b) expanding students' conceptions of who can be an engineer. The project is evaluating the effect of the curriculum on students in two different freshman engineering classes. The research questions include the following: How did the intervention change students' attitudes toward diversity in engineering? How did the intervention change students' ability to recognize themselves and others as an engineer? Both quantitative and qualitative methods are being used in this evaluation. The intellectual merit of the project is its transformational approach to retaining diverse students. In particular, the project seeks to change the culture in the educational and work contexts for engineers rather than simply trying to support students from underrepresented groups in engineering. Furthermore, the project contributes to our understanding of how students form engineering identities. The broader impacts of the project include helping to broaden participation in engineering, preparing students for a global work environment, and improving STEM education.
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This collection of files includes data sets, conference papers and posters, and descriptions of curriculum materials from the Exploring Inclusive Engineering Identities project. The collection was created during the period from September 2014 through September 2017.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Engineering education
diversity and inclusion
first-year students
curriculum
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Associated Publications
Paguyo, Christina. H., Rebecca A. Atadero, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, and Jennifer Francis, 2015, Creating Inclusive Environments in First-Year Engineering Classes to Support Student Retention and Learning: paper, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA, June 14-17, 2015. American Society for Engineering Education. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185413
Atadero, Rebecca A., Christina H. Paguyo, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, and Heather Henderson, 2016, Promoting Inclusive Engineering Identities in First-Year Engineering Courses: paper, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, New Orleans, LA, USA. June 26-28, 2016. American Society for Engineering Education. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185416
Rambo-Hernadez, Karen, E., Rebecca, A. Atadero, Christina H. Paguyo, and Jeremy Schwartz, 2017, Inclusive Engineering Identities: Two New Surveys to Assess Engineering Students’ Inclusive Values and Behaviors, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, Columbus, OH, USA. June 25-28, 2017. American Society for Engineering Education. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185417
Henderson, Heather L., Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Christina H. Paguyo, Rebecca A. Atadero, 2017, What is the Relationship between Mindset and Engineering Identity for First Year Male and Female Students? An Exploratory Longitudinal Study, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, Columbus, OH, USA. June 25-28, 2017. American Society for Engineering Education. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185418
Atadero, Rebecca A., 2016, Promoting a Culture of Inclusion in First-Year Engineering Courses, Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education (EnFUSE): Research and Practice Symposium in Washington, DC, April 27-29, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185419
Atadero, Rebecca A., Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Christina H. Paguyo, and Jennifer Francis, 2016, Creating inclusive environments in first-year engineering classes to support student retention and learning: presentation, ASEE's 123rd Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans, LA, USA, June 26-28, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185415
Atadero, Rebecca A., Christina H. Paguyo, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, and Heather Henderson, 2016, Promoting Inclusive Engineering Identities in First-Year Engineering Courses: poster, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, New Orleans, LA, USA. June 26-28, 2016. American Society for Engineering Education. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185414
Atadero, Rebecca A., Christina H. Paguyo, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, and Heather Henderson, 2016, Promoting Inclusive Engineering Identities in First-Year Engineering Courses: paper, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, New Orleans, LA, USA. June 26-28, 2016. American Society for Engineering Education. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185416
Rambo-Hernadez, Karen, E., Rebecca, A. Atadero, Christina H. Paguyo, and Jeremy Schwartz, 2017, Inclusive Engineering Identities: Two New Surveys to Assess Engineering Students’ Inclusive Values and Behaviors, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, Columbus, OH, USA. June 25-28, 2017. American Society for Engineering Education. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185417
Henderson, Heather L., Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Christina H. Paguyo, Rebecca A. Atadero, 2017, What is the Relationship between Mindset and Engineering Identity for First Year Male and Female Students? An Exploratory Longitudinal Study, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, Columbus, OH, USA. June 25-28, 2017. American Society for Engineering Education. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185418
Atadero, Rebecca A., 2016, Promoting a Culture of Inclusion in First-Year Engineering Courses, Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education (EnFUSE): Research and Practice Symposium in Washington, DC, April 27-29, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185419
Atadero, Rebecca A., Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Christina H. Paguyo, and Jennifer Francis, 2016, Creating inclusive environments in first-year engineering classes to support student retention and learning: presentation, ASEE's 123rd Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans, LA, USA, June 26-28, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185415
Atadero, Rebecca A., Christina H. Paguyo, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, and Heather Henderson, 2016, Promoting Inclusive Engineering Identities in First-Year Engineering Courses: poster, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, New Orleans, LA, USA. June 26-28, 2016. American Society for Engineering Education. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185414