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

在过去的几十年里，工程教育研究界的学者、实践者和机构的参与人数不断增加。与任何成熟的学术实体类似，该社区正在从一个相对紧密的实践社区演变为可以被视为实践网络的社区。参与者人数和研究领域的增加带来了巩固和综合实地知识和不同声音的挑战，以便今后的工作能够具有创新性和影响力。该项目以手册的形式创建基础知识，将有助于实现这一目标。通过一系列讲习班，该项目将使广泛参与工程教育的参与者聚集在一起，他们将为手册做出贡献。这种学者的汇聚也将使发表在期刊、会议或书籍上的工作曝光，尽管它们是非常相关的，但不一定是首选来源。这次研讨会汇集了以前不一定合作过的学者，从而加强了这一领域。研讨会促进了资深和初级学者之间的导师关系，并促进了社区之间的思想交流。该项目通过实现三个目标为智力使命做出了贡献。首先，通过对工程教育研究不同领域的学术审查，共同产生具有代表性的知识体系。其次，为了开发一本包容和全面的手册，该项目绘制了工程教育研究的边界和该领域内的主要学术领域。这是通过广泛的参与者的投入以及对各种期刊和会议的出版物和工作文件的分析来实现的。最后，通过让传统上没有代表参与工程教育研究的学者参与，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以小组形式聚集在一起，产生将构成知识体系的章节，从而加强实践网络。作为这个项目的结果而产生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智力优势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.