Title
Investigating how service-learning alumni construct their engineering selves
Abstract
Prior research has demonstrated that traditional academic pathways tend to provide engineering students with a predominantly technical sense of professional identity. We respond to this research by investigating how a non-traditional pathway, marked by a large service-learning program, engenders a sense of engineering identity. We approach this investigation using a thematic analysis and are currently developing themes related to how alumni/ae of this program construct their engineering selves. We are currently in the early stages of analysis and will present the elaborated themes at the conference.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/FIE.2013.6685027
FIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
engineering education,professional aspects,academic pathways,engineering identity,engineering selves,engineering students,nontraditional pathway,professional identity,service-learning alumni,service-learning program,thematic analysis,mixed methods,non-traditional pathways,sociotechnical
Thematic analysis,Engineering management,Sociology,Engineering education,Knowledge management,Pedagogy,Sociotechnical system,Service-learning
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0190-5848
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Huff, J.L.100.34
Zoltowski, C.B.2187.11
Oakes, W.C.300.34
Jesiek, B.K.4114.44