Constructing professional portfolios: Sense-making and professional identity development for engineering undergraduates

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 630-654

  Eliot, Matt ^a   Turns, Jennifer ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Portfolios; Professional identity; Sense making

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

BUILDING PROFESSIONALS; ENGINEERING ABILITIES; ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; PORTFOLIOS; PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER; PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY; SENSE MAKING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80054062792     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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