Workshop: Building an Inclusive Foundation of Engineering Education Research Scholarship for Future Growth

在过去的几十年里，工程教育研究界已经看到了显着增长的参与方面越来越多的学者，从业者和机构。类似于任何成熟的学术实体，社区正在从一个相对紧密的实践社区转变为一个可以被视为实践网络的社区。参与者数量和研究领域的增加带来了巩固和综合该领域知识和不同声音的挑战，以便未来的工作能够创新和有效。该项目以手册的形式创建基础知识，这将有助于实现这一目标。通过一系列研讨会，该项目将汇集广泛的参与者从事工程教育谁将有助于手册。学者们的这种融合也将揭示那些发表在期刊、会议或书籍上的工作，这些工作虽然非常相关，但不一定是最重要的来源。这次研讨会汇集了学者谁不一定合作，从而加强了该领域之前。该讲习班促进了高级和初级学者之间的指导以及社区之间的思想交流。该项目通过解决三个目标来促进智力使命。首先，通过审查工程教育研究不同领域的奖学金，共同产生了一个有代表性的知识体系。第二，开发一个包容性和全面的手册，该项目映射工程教育研究的边界和该领域内的主要学术领域。这是通过广泛参与者的投入以及对期刊和会议上的出版物和工作文件的分析实现的。最后，通过传统上没有在工程教育研究中代表的学者的参与，这一努力将促进新的学术合作，并通过将来自不同学术亚社区，机构和国家的参与者聚集在一起，以小团队的方式加强实践网络，以产生将构成知识体系的章节。作为该项目成果的手册将在知识共享许可下发布，并将免费提供给读者。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Over the past couple of decades, the engineering education research community has seen significant growth in terms of participation from ever increasing number of scholars, practitioners, and institutions. Akin to any maturing academic entity, the community is morphing from a relatively close-knit community of practice into what can be seen as a network of practice. The increase in number of participants and areas of study has brought with it the challenge of consolidating and synthesizing the knowledge and different voices in the field so that future work can be innovative and impactful. This project creates foundational knowledge in the form of a handbook that will help achieve this goal. Through a series of workshops, this project will bring together a broad range of participants engaged with engineering education who will contribute to the handbook. This confluence of scholars will also bring to light work that is published in journals, conferences, or books that are not necessarily the go-to sources although they are very relevant. This workshop brings together scholars who have not necessarily collaborated before thereby strengthening the field. The workshop catalyzes mentorship among senior and junior scholars and sharing of ideas among the community. The project contributes to the intellectual mission by addressing three objectives. First, a representative body of knowledge is co-produced through review of scholarship in the different areas of engineering education research. Second, to develop an inclusive and comprehensive handbook, this project maps the boundaries of engineering education research and the major areas of scholarship within the field. This is achieved through input from a broad range of participants and analysis of publications and working papers across journals and conferences. Finally, through its engagement of scholars that have traditionally not been represented in engineering education research, this effort will catalyze new scholarly collaborations and strengthen the network of practice by bringing together participants from different academic sub-communities, institutions, and nations in small teams to produce the chapters that will constitute the body of knowledge. The handbook produced as a result of this project will be released under the Creative Commons License and will be freely available to readers.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.