scholarly journals Explaining Academic Success in Engineering Degree Programs: Do Female and Male Students Differ?

2015 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan C. Kamphorst ◽  
W. H. Adriaan Hofman ◽  
Ellen P. W. A. Jansen ◽  
Cees Terlouw
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Engineering Degree

scholarly journals Exploring The Beliefs Of Academic Self-Efficacy Among Undergraduate Male Engineering Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Touseef Fatima, Kiran Hashmi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

Self-efficacy entails the belief of an individual in oneself for the accomplishment of a specific task. The study investigated sources as well as perceptions that promoted the development of academic self-efficacy of undergraduates. The phenomenological approach employed to analyze the perceptions of undergraduate male engineering students. As phenomenology found compatible with undergraduate students to explain their feelings, experiences, and thoughts about returning to obtain their engineering degree in university after being dropped out. Five participants from private Sindh chartered university responded through an adapted semi-structured interview that reflected their responses on the components of self-efficacy; (a) performance experience, (b) vicarious learning, (c) verbal persuasion, (d) affective states and physical sensation. The data was analyzed by thematization. The findings of the study suggested that components of self-efficacy were the strongest predictors for undergraduate male students who had been dropped out of university to eventually return to earn their engineering degree in university. Furthermore, the study also explored those perceptions about components of self-efficacy that provided a framework to learn those experiences that impact on the academic success of undergraduate male students who had dropped out of university to eventually return to earn their engineering degree in university.  

Designing Sustainability Curricula

2015 ◽  
pp. 724-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madoc Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
James Cook ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Wide Range

Developing an engineering student's awareness of sustainability through the embedding of sustainability curricula is widely considered to be essential to modernising chemical engineering degree programs. In this chapter, the chemical engineering program at James Cook University is used as a case study to illustrate the design and sequencing of embedded curricula associated with developing a students' awareness of sustainability. There are a wide range of examples of skills, techniques, and characteristics associated with developing this awareness. In this chapter, an approach is described whereby a set of generic and interdisciplinary capabilities are developed to provide a degree of flexibility in how sustainability is interpreted and taught. A cognitive learning matrix is utilised as a design tool that facilitates determination of new subject learning outcomes aligned with the sustainability capabilities. A variety of curriculum examples are introduced and described.

Creativity in Electrical Engineering Degree Programs: Where Is the Content?

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 288-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Valentine ◽  
Iouri Belski ◽  
Margaret Hamilton ◽  
Scott Adams
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Engineering Degree

UPCT-Bloopbusters: A methodology of teaching physics and technology concepts using movie scenes and related experiments

2020 ◽  
pp. 002072092096587
Author(s):  
José-Víctor Rodríguez ◽  
Juan-Francisco Sánchez-Pérez ◽  
Enrique Castro-Rodríguez ◽  
José-Luis Serrano-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communications ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Applied Physics ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Teaching Physics ◽  
Technology Concepts

There is an increasing need for innovative educational methods that can motivate and engage students in subjects that are often perceived as difficult or boring. One such approach is the UPCT-Bloopbusters educational project, developed by a group of professors at the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Spain, wherein concepts from the fields of physics and technology are presented and exemplified in the classroom through scenes from different movies in conjunction with experiments. The project was conducted on three subjects, one from each of the three bachelor of electrical engineering degree programs offered at the UPCT, namely Physics I, Applied Physics, and Optical Communications. This paper describes the methodology of the educational project and then presents and discusses the academic results of the students involved in terms of success and performance rates both before and after the application of the new methodology. Moreover, the results of a survey carried out on the students are presented. Finally, some of the exercises used in this methodology for the teaching and learning of science based on different movie scenes are provided as examples. The results of the project show that the students were receptive of the methodology and further indicated that it may lead to increased academic performance due to their enhanced understanding of physics and technology concepts.

scholarly journals Introducing Sustainability in a Robotic Engineering Degree: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco A. Pujol ◽  
David Tomás
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
The Impact

This paper describes a group activity concerning the topic of climate change, designed to introduce the concepts of sustainable development into a Robotic Engineering degree. The purpose of this activity was to make students reflect about the impact of their work on the planet as future engineers by asking them to design an environmentally friendly robot that also integrated social and economic aspects, covering the three dimensions of sustainability in this way. Students were surveyed in order to study different aspects of their commitment, attitudes, practices, and motivation towards sustainability. In addition to the overall analysis of the survey, three specific studies were carried out with the aim of comparing the responses of different population groups: (i) Students who completed the proposed assignment and students who did not, (ii) female and male students, and (iii) roles played in the assignment. The results of the analysis revealed the high commitment of the students with respect to sustainability, but also a lack of active participation and awareness of their impact as future engineers. The activity was not only a way to introduce sustainability concepts, but in many cases, it also became a motivation for the participants, especially for the female students.

The Influence of Bullying Behaviours on Sense of School Connectedness, Motivation and Self-Esteem

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason L. Skues ◽  
Everarda G. Cunningham ◽  
Trilochan Pokharel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Based ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
Males And Females

AbstractThe aim of the current study was to examine how bullying by peers relates to self-esteem, school connectedness and motivation for academic success in an Australian high school. Questionnaires were completed by 975 students across years 7 to 12. As predicted, male students were subjected to more direct forms of bullying than female students. However, contrary to expectations, there were no significant differences between males and females in their reported experience of indirect forms of bullying. Also, students in the lower year levels of high school reported being bullied more frequently than students in high year levels. Findings supported predictions that students who were bullied by their peers at school tended to report having lower levels of self-esteem, feeling less connected to their peers, teachers and school, and being less motivated to perform well at school. These results may have implications for school-based intervention programs that are designed to reduce bullying behaviours.

A Novel Model for Integrating Nanotechnology Track in Undergraduate Engineering Degree Programs

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mangilal Agarwal ◽  
Maher E. Rizkalla ◽  
Hazim El-Mounayri ◽  
Sudhir Shrestha ◽  
Jane A. Simpson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Degree Programs ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Novel Model

An Industrial Engineering Curriculum Renewal Process for the Enhancement of Industrial Engineering Degree Programs

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 1044-1048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob B. Mullenix ◽  
Saravanan Regunath ◽  
Raja J. Jacob ◽  
Anand K. Gramopadhye ◽  
Michael S. Leonard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewal Process ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Curriculum Renewal
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