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Natalie De Lucca; Jessica Watkins; Rebecca D. Swanson; Merredith Portsmore – Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Background: Engineering's introduction into K-12 classrooms has been purported to support meaningful and inclusive learning environments. However, teachers must contend with dominant discourses embedded in US schooling that justify inequitable distributions of resources. Purpose: Drawing on Gee's notion of discourses, we examine how teachers…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Coley, Brooke; Thomas, Katreena – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Black engineering graduate students represent a critical and understudied population in engineering education. Gaining an understanding of the lived experiences of Black engineering graduate students while they are simultaneously weathering two pandemics, COVID-19 and systemic racism, is of paramount importance. Purpose/Hypothesis:…
Descriptors: African American Students, Engineering Education, Graduate Students, Values
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Sallai, Gabriella M.; Bahnson, Matthew; Shanachilubwa, Kanembe; Berdanier, Catherine G. P. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: While previous work in higher education documents the impact of high tuition costs of attending graduate school as a key motivator in attrition decisions, in engineering, most graduate students are fully funded on research fellowships, indicating there are different issues causing individuals to consider departure. There has been…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Engineering Education, Academic Persistence, Student Attrition
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Bork, Sarah Jane; Mondisa, Joi-Lynn – Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
Background: Mental health issues reported among college-aged individuals have increased. Prevalence of these issues has an established impact on students' personal, professional, and academic outcomes. Graduate students experience unique stressors that impact their mental health. In particular, engineering graduate students have lower help-seeking…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Engineering Education, Mental Health, Anxiety
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Ayar, Mehmet C.; Yalvac, Bugrahan – Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
Background: Laboratory studies explore the norms and characteristics of scientific practice and explain the constructive nature of knowledge production. However, how learning and research are sustained in engineering research laboratories at the graduate level requires further investigation. Purpose: We explored the cultural characteristics of an…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Engineering Education, Mentors, Learning Processes
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Holloway, Eric A.; Douglas, Kerrie A.; Radcliffe, David F.; Oakes, William C. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
Background: There are long-held concerns about how graduate research programs prepare engineering PhD students for professional practice. Suitable instruments are lacking to effectively assess how research experiences contribute to the success of graduate students becoming professionals. Purpose: The purpose of this work is to examine evidence of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Engineering Education, Student Research, Measures (Individuals)