A qualitative case study of persistence of engineering undergraduates
A qualitative case study of persistence of engineering undergraduates
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工程本科生坚持不懈的定性案例研究
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2019
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N. Fang
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M. Meyer;N. Fang
近年来，工程类本科生的需求激增，因为许多国家都将目光投向了这样一个群体，以推动经济增长和国际竞争。然而，工科本科生的留校率问题在美国由来已久。大多数情况下，文献提供了关于留住学生的综合结果，但没有足够详细地描述个别学生是如何做出离开或留在工程学的决定的。本文通过描述最近从美国西部山区一所大型公立研究型大学的工程专业退学的学生的详细叙述，对工科本科生的坚持性进行了定性的案例研究。每个参与者都有不同的家庭背景和不同的工程和教育经验。五名参与者表达的共同主题包括：对工程学失去联系和兴趣，以及经历对他们在学业上构成挑战的障碍课程。与会者敦促未来的工程学学生在开始学习之前，要了解完成学业上严格的本科生工程课程所需的高度承诺。
Recent years have seen a surging need for engineering undergraduates, as many countries have looked to such a group tospur economic growth and compete internationally. However, the retention rate of engineering undergraduates has been along-standing issue in the United States. Most often, literature provides aggregate results about student retention, but doesnot describe in sufficient detail how individual students make their decisions to leave or stay in engineering. This papercontains a qualitative case study of persistence of engineering undergraduates by describing the detailed narratives of fivestudy participants who recently dropped out of engineering programs at a large, public research university in the MountainWest region of the USA. Each participant had different family backgrounds and varying experiences within engineeringand education. Common themes expressed among the five participants included: a loss of connection and interest inengineering, and experiencing barrier courses that challenged them academically. Participants urged future engineeringstudents to understand the high level of commitment necessary to make it through the academically rigorous under-graduate engineering program before starting.