CAREER: Reflective Practice for Graduate Engineering Students

本工程教育研究计画将以研究生电子档案袋作为研究机制，探讨反思性实践如何帮助学生在教师与研究者的双重角色中发展自我认同。 这项研究在四个不同的地点使用混合方法来回答关于反思实践如何影响身份发展的问题。 研究将与PI的教育活动相结合，并通过强有力的评估计划提供信息。这个项目的更广泛的意义和重要性将是提高未来的教授，谁将反过来增加来自所有群体的工程专业学生的成功。 其中一个研究地点包括一个代表性不足的学生的显着比例。 该项目的成果将通过讲习班和教育以及免费分发给其他机构的电子资源加以传播。

This engineering education research project will implement e-portfolios for graduate student as a mechanism to research how reflective practice helps students develop their identities in their dual roles as teachers and researchers. The research study uses a mixed-methods approach at four different sites to answer questions on how reflective practice influences identity development. The research will be integrated with the educational activities of the PI and is informed by a strong evaluation plan. The broader significance and importance of this project will be to improve the future professoriate, who will in turn increase of the success of engineering students from all groups. One of the research sites includes a significant fraction of under-represented students. The results of the project will be disseminated through both workshops and education and electronic resources that will be freely distributed to other institutions.