First-year students as interviewers: Uncovering what it means to be an engineer

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Courter, Sandra Shaw ^a,b,c   Anderson, Kevin J B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Florida Center for Advanced Aero Propulsion   (United States)

^c Engineering Learning Center   (United States)

^d School of Education Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Engineering epistemic frame; Interviewing practicing engineers

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ENGINEERING SKILLS; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING; INTERVIEWING PRACTICING ENGINEERS; LEARNING OUTCOME; MENTORNET; PRACTICING ENGINEERS; STUDENT MOTIVATION; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS; WAYS OF THINKING;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; HEALTH RISKS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77951465154     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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