scholarly journals Community Building And Identity Development Through Graduate Coursework In Engineering Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Diefes-Dux ◽  
Robin Adams ◽  
Monica Cox ◽  
Deborah Follman
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Graduate Coursework

The Inheritance of Activism

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Supriya Baily ◽  
Gloria Wang ◽  
Elisabeth Scotto-Lavino
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Impact

In the call for proposals for this special issue, activist networks were defined as virtual or in person communities devoted to social change. The impact for girls active in these networks has been shown to promote identity development and de-marginalization/empowerment/reclamation of political spaces where girls are marginalized, intergenerational collaboration among women, and community building among feminists. In this study, we seek to explore how women at different generational points reflect on and remember their engagement in social activism. Understanding how these generational shifts affect the impact of social capital on the lives of these women and the changes we might see as they mature into leaders will provide a platform to better understand the influence of belonging to such networks during girlhood.

Understanding Career Identity Development and Preparedness of Freshmen Students to Leverage Convergence in Engineering Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor M. Garcia ◽  
Diane Elisa Golding ◽  
Irma Torres-Catanach ◽  
Crystal Cholewa ◽  
Helen Geller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Freshmen Students

Complex Sentences: Searching for the Purpose of Education Inside a Massachusetts State Prison

2017 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clint Smith
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Community Building ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prison Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
State Prison ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Experience Teaching ◽  
Purpose Of Education

While policy makers and scholars often measure the success of prison education programs by quantitative outcomes such as recidivism and post-release employment, there is a gap in the literature with regard to how these programs facilitate community building, identity development, and agency. For the 159,000 people serving life sentences in the United States, and perhaps for all of those who are incarcerated, we need a new way of conceptualizing the purpose of education in prison. In this essay, Clint Smith reflects on his experience teaching creative writing in a Massachusetts state prison and questions how we might be able to create more holistic and humane educational infrastructures in incarcerated spaces, programs that move beyond instrumentalism and vocational preparation and instead toward cognitive liberation and a reclamation of human dignity.

scholarly journals Engineering Education through the Latina Lens

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Q. Villa ◽  
Luciene Wandermurem ◽  
Elaine M. Hampton ◽  
Alberto Esquinca
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Mexican American Family ◽  
Women In Engineering ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Affinity Spaces ◽  
Mexican Heritage

<p class="Body">Less than 20% of undergraduates earning a degree in engineering are women, and even more alarming is minority women earn a mere 3.1% of those degrees. This paper reports on a qualitative study examining Latinas’ identity development toward and in undergraduate engineering and computer science studies using a sociocultural theory of learning. Three major themes emerged from the data analysis: 1) Engineering support clusters as affinity spaces contributing to development of engineering identities; 2) Mexican or Mexican-American family contributing to persistence in engineering; and 3) Equity in access to engineering education. Engineering support clusters and Mexican heritage family support were vital in developing and sustaining Latinas’ engineering identity. Additionally, data supported the idea that Latinas at the research site experienced gender and ethnic equity in their access to engineering education. The authors call for a more gender-inclusive engineering education and situating education experiences in more effective learning approaches (i.e., critical thinking in community and cultural contexts), which deserves attention in order to move engineering away from a ubiquitous view of inflexibility regarding women in engineering.</p>

Identity Exploration and Commitment of Albanian Youth as a Function of Social Opportunity Structure

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Orgocka ◽  
Jasna Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
School Students ◽  
Identity Exploration

This study examined how social opportunity structure influences identity exploration and commitment of Albanian high school students. A total of 258 students completed a questionnaire that gauged their identity exploration and commitment in three domains: education, occupation, and family. ANOVA results indicated that, overall, students scored highest in exploration in the domain of education and in commitment in the domain of family. Students' exploration and commitment were linked to gender. Albanian female students scored higher than male students in exploration and commitment regarding education and family. Perceived work opportunities in Albania or abroad also significantly moderated participants' exploration in the domain of education and were associated with commitment in education and occupation. As one of the first studies to explore Albanian youth's identity development in relation to social opportunity structure, findings are discussed in light of furthering the field of Albanian adolescent and youth development.

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