REU Site: Collaborative Research: Establishing New Generations of scholars to Amplify and Grow Engineering Education (ENGagED)

REU 网站：合作研究：培养新一代学者以扩大和发展工程教育 (ENGagED)

• 批准号: 2051156
• 负责人: Brooke Coley
• 金额: $ 45.65万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Research; Establishing

As engineering education research (EER) is a relatively nascent field compared to other disciplinary realms such as electrical or mechanical engineering, the pathways to gaining exposure to conduct EER are not as robust. At current, there is little awareness of engineering education among engineering undergraduate students across the country to identify related interests. Further, there are limited professional venues targeted for students with interests in engineering education research related topics. With a growing need for scholars in the field of engineering education, this program will create a low risk—high pay off opportunity to promote exposure to the field at an early enough point to inform career trajectories. Additionally, as the number of Black and Latinx students attending graduate school across all engineering disciplines make up less than 4 percent combined, this experience could potentially serve to introduce an area of research that might differentially attract students compared to traditional engineering disciplines by the range of research promoting topics such as equity and social justice to makerspaces and asynchronous learning. As there is a direct link between research and practice, the goal is that diversifying the individuals conducting engineering education research could help establish more inclusive and just practices throughout engineering. The REU Site Establishing New Generations of scholars to Amplify and Grow Engineering Education (ENGagED) will address the aforementioned limitations by affording an introductory experience to research in engineering education for undergraduate students while also aiming to broaden participation in engineering. ENGagED will be led by Arizona State University (ASU) and University of Florida (UF) to provide a shared experience for engineering undergraduate students to engage in engineering education research and establish a visible pathway to careers in the field.The goal of this ENGagED REU is to provide a rich exposure to and research experience in engineering education with a focus on underrepresented students. Having a broad range of projects anchored in engineering education research with threads of broadening participation woven into their framework will serve to expose students to the vast topics covered through the engineering education taxonomy. The goal is that ENGagED may serve as a model for identifying and attracting future talent to meet the growing discipline, promote visibility of the field, and potentially, provide a critical, formative experience in engineering education that results in increased student awareness, knowledge of pathways to the field, an expanded pool of talent and community of inclusive scholars. The explicit objectives of the ENGagED REU will be: 1) To provide engaging research experiences to undergraduates (i.e., depth), and specifically, students from underrepresented groups—which for this project will focus on Black and Latinx students and as a result of intersectionality may also include women, people from low SES backgrounds and first-generation individuals among other minoritized identities—that create awareness of and exposure to the field of engineering education; 2) To equip students with the foundation necessary to collect, analyze, interpret and disseminate quality engineering education research; 3) To provide an opportunity for engineering undergraduates from underrepresented groups to be mentored by graduate students and faculty from underrepresented groups while all students learn to work collaboratively in a dynamic, interdisciplinary research environment; and 4) To use the introduction to engineering education research (i.e., breadth) facilitated by contributions of the faculty mentors and scholars network as a means of increasing exposure to research catalyzing interest in the field to grow the talent pool of future engineering education researchers, with an immediate focus on graduate studies. Through this REU site, cultivation of a diverse talent pool will serve to identify and develop future talent to populate the engineering education research community. The comprehensive set of expertise and breadth represented by the PIs, Faculty Scholars Network, faculty research mentors and Faculty Scholar of Outreach create an introductory exposure to engineering education for the REU students that will serve them well in any future engineering education pursuits. The program will foster future scholars with rich foundations in the EER domains. This REU site is co-funded by the Division of Engineering Education & Centers (Directorate for Engineering), and the Division of Undergraduate Education (Directorate for Education and Human Resources).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

由于与电气或机械工程等其他学科领域相比，工程教育研究 (EER) 是一个相对新兴的领域，因此开展 EER 的途径并不那么健全，目前，工程本科生对工程教育的认识还很少。此外，针对对工程教育研究相关主题感兴趣的学生的专业场所有限，随着工程教育领域学者的需求不断增长，该项目将产生低风险高风险。获得提升该领域曝光度的机会此外，由于进入所有工程学科研究生院的黑人和拉丁裔学生人数加起来不到 4%，这种经历可能有助于引入一个可能具有差异性吸引力的研究领域。与传统工程学科相比，通过研究范围促进创客空间和异步学习等主题的公平和社会正义，由于研究和实践之间存在直接联系，目标是使进行工程教育研究的个人多样化可以帮助建立。整个过程中更加包容和公正的做法REU 网站建立新一代学者以扩大和发展工程教育 (ENGagED) 将通过为本科生提供工程教育研究的入门经验来解决上述局限性，同时也旨在扩大 ENGagED 的参与范围。由亚利桑那州立大学 (ASU) 和佛罗里达大学 (UF) 联合举办，旨在为工程本科生提供参与工程教育研究的共享经验，并为该领域的职业生涯建立一条可见的途径。该 ENGagED REU 的目标是提供丰富的工程教育接触和研究经验，重点关注代表性不足的学生，以工程教育研究为基础，将广泛的参与融入其框架中，这将有助于让学生接触到所涵盖的广泛主题。工程教育分类法的目标是，ENGagED 可以作为识别和吸引未来人才的模型，以满足不断发展的学科需求，提高该领域的知名度，并有可能在工程教育中提供关键的、形成性的经验，从而增加学生数量。的认识、知识ENGagED REU 的明确目标是： 1) 为本科生，特别是来自弱势群体的学生提供引人入胜的研究经验。该项目将重点关注黑人和拉丁裔学生，由于交叉性，也可能包括女性、社会经济地位低背景的人以及第一代个人以及其他少数群体身份的人，从而提高人们对工程教育领域的认识和接触； 2) 为学生提供收集、分析、解释和传播优质工程教育研究所需的基础； 3) 为来自代表性不足群体的工程本科生提供由来自代表性不足群体的研究生和教师指导的机会，同时所有学生都学会在充满活力的跨学科研究环境中合作；4）利用教师导师和学者网络的贡献促进工程教育研究的介绍（即广度）作为增加研究接触的手段激发对该领域的兴趣，以扩大未来工程教育研究人员的人才库，并立即关注研究生学习。通过这个 REU 网站，多元化的人才库将有助于识别和培养未来的人才，以填充工程教育研究界。以 PI、教师学者网络、教师研究导师和教师外展学者为代表的全面专业知识和广度为 REU 学生提供了工程教育的入门机会，这将有助于他们在未来的工程教育追求中受益。在 EER 领域拥有丰富基础的未来学者。该 REU 网站由工程教育与中心部（工程部）和本科教育部（教育和人力资源部）共同资助。该奖项是 NSF 的法定奖项。使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Community values: Exploring what undergraduate engineering students value in their community college experience

社区价值观：探索工程本科生在社区大学经历中看重什么

• DOI: 10.1002/cc.20594
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: New Directions for Community Colleges
• 作者: Maitra, Debalina;Coley, Brooke;Greene, Clarreese
• 通讯作者: Greene, Clarreese