EAGER:Identifying and Disseminating Transformative Professional Development of Engineering Undergraduates Who Perform Outreach

EAGER：识别和传播进行外展的工程本科生的变革性专业发展

• 批准号: 1752096
• 负责人: Karen Thole
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-01 至 2020-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1752096&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Identifying; Disseminating; Transformative; Professional

Undergraduates in science, technology, engineering, and math not only need to enter the workforce with strong technical skills, but also with strong professional skills such as writing, presenting, and working in teams. Unfortunately, many leaders in industry report that the professional skills of these students are not strong enough. Therefore, colleges and universities are looking for new ways to strengthen these skills. Adding additional course content to existing courses or creating new courses to teach this content is often not feasible due to already crowded curricula. Outside of courses, one opportunity for undergraduates in technical fields to learn professional skills is through outreach activities. In these activities, undergraduates reach out to younger students in elementary, middle, and high schools and communicate what occurs in their respective fields. For example, outreach could include hosting a summer camp for middle school students on robotics or visiting a high school to give an electrical engineering demonstration. Not only do undergraduates receive training for these outreach activities, but they have the opportunity to practice what was learned multiple times. Recently, one outreach program, the Engineering Ambassadors Network, discovered that one of their particular training-and-practice sequences led the participating undergraduates to dramatically improve their presentation skills. Because scores of outreach programs exist around the country, the question arises: Do other outreach programs have training-and-practice sequences that lead undergraduates to greatly improve other professional skills?This project seeks to determine which outreach programs in the United States provide the most transformative professional development of the participating undergraduates from engineering. To accomplish this goal, we have identified four tasks: (i) perform a systematic review of existing outreach programs involving engineering undergraduates; (ii) convene a workshop with outreach advisors to establish a network and thematic strands of common practices; (iii) synthesize the data obtained from the workshops to identify transformative practices of professional development; and (iv) convene two national training workshops to disseminate the practices to engineering undergraduates who perform outreach. An advisory board, composed of a number of stakeholders, provides guidance for this project. To disseminate the project's results, we are using a number of venues and a range of communication methods. In particular, we are targeting the many programs that conduct organized outreach performed by engineering undergraduates. Specifically, dissemination is occurring through the two national workshops mentioned above, academic papers, an online report targeting a wide audience, and online tutorials for the transformative practices of professional development.

科学、技术、工程和数学专业的本科生不仅需要具备较强的技术技能，还需要具备较强的专业技能，如写作、演讲和团队合作。不幸的是，许多行业的领导者报告说，这些学生的专业技能不够强。因此，高校正在寻找新的方法来加强这些技能。在现有课程中增加额外的课程内容或创建新课程来教授这些内容通常是不可行的，因为课程已经很拥挤了。在课程之外，技术领域的本科生学习专业技能的一个机会是通过外联活动。在这些活动中，本科生接触到小学，初中和高中的年轻学生，并交流各自领域发生的事情。例如，推广活动可以包括为中学生举办机器人夏令营，或者参观一所高中进行电气工程演示。本科生不仅接受这些外展活动的培训，而且他们有机会多次练习所学的知识。最近，一个推广计划，工程大使网络，发现他们的一个特殊的培训和实践序列导致参与的本科生显着提高他们的演讲技巧。由于全国各地都有大量的外展项目，问题就来了：其他外展项目是否有培训和实践的顺序，导致本科生大大提高其他专业技能？该项目旨在确定美国哪些外展计划为参与工程的本科生提供最具变革性的专业发展。为了实现这一目标，我们确定了四项任务：（一）对涉及工程本科生的现有外联方案进行系统审查;（二）与外联顾问召开研讨会，建立一个网络和共同实践的主题链;（三）综合从研讨会获得的数据，以确定专业发展的变革性实践;以及㈣举办两次国家培训讲习班，向从事外联工作的工程专业本科生传播这些做法。一个由若干利益攸关方组成的咨询委员会为该项目提供指导。为了传播该项目的成果，我们正在利用一些场所和一系列通信方法。 特别是，我们的目标是进行有组织的推广工程本科生执行的许多程序。 具体而言，通过上述两个国家讲习班、学术论文、面向广大受众的在线报告以及专业发展变革性做法在线教程进行传播。

项目成果

Identifying and Disseminating Transformative Professional Development of STEM Undergraduates Who Perform Outreach: Progress in Year 1

识别和传播进行外展的 STEM 本科生的变革性专业发展：第一年的进展

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: ASEE annual conference & exposition
• 作者: Alley, M.;Garner, J. K.
• 通讯作者: Garner, J. K.

WIP: Online Tutorials to Help Undergraduates Bridge the Gap Between General Writing and Engineering Writing

WIP：帮助本科生弥合一般写作和工程写作之间差距的在线教程

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--35563
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: WIP: Online Tutorials to Help Undergraduates Bridge the Gap Between General Writing and Engineering Writing
• 作者: Alley, Michael;Garner, Joanna;Pigeon, Kaitlyn
• 通讯作者: Pigeon, Kaitlyn