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Extensive research has claimed that engineering education favors white men at the exclusion of blacks, Latinx individuals, Native Americans, and women. We studied a cohort of longtime engineering educators, three women and seven men, who had elected to enroll in a Ph.D. program focused on STEM educa...

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Published in:ASEE prism 2019-11, Vol.29 (3), p.41-41
Main Authors: Eastman, Michael G, Miles, Monica L, Yerrick, Randy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College campuses
Colleges & universities
Doctoral Programs
Education
Educational Theories
Educational theory
Engineering
Engineering education
Native Americans
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Technical education
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Summary:Extensive research has claimed that engineering education favors white men at the exclusion of blacks, Latinx individuals, Native Americans, and women. We studied a cohort of longtime engineering educators, three women and seven men, who had elected to enroll in a Ph.D. program focused on STEM education. We soon learned that our group, like most faculty who teach in engineering programs, had little or no background in educational theory and were unaccustomed to engaging with education research. Roger (a pseudonym) had been a faculty member at a teaching-focused university for nearly 30 years when he enrolled in the Ph.D. program at a research-intensive university. For Roger, listening intently to the narratives of the black, urban college students he interviewed for a research project initiated a deeply personal reflection on his own family's situation.
ISSN:1056-8077
1930-6148