TY - JOUR
T1 - A new paradigm for a new field
T2 - Communicating representations of engineering education research
AU - Borrego, Maura
AU - Streveler, Ruth A.
AU - Miller, Ronald L.
AU - Smith, Karl A.
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - Based on a three-year experience of developing, facilitating, and assessing NSF-funded workshops on Rigorous Research in Engineering Education (RREE), the authors present four representations of engineering education scholarly work in the United States, specifically teaching and research. Many of the representations describe the relationships between engineering research, education research, teaching, and assessment. For each of the representations, assessment data are presented to evaluate which aspects resonated with workshop participants and which needed to be changed for wide acceptance by a U.S. engineering education audience. It was found that participants preferred continua to dichotomy and were more receptive to models that were introduced inductively through active learning exercises. Lessons learned, implications for the field, and future plans for further development of the paradigm are also included.
AB - Based on a three-year experience of developing, facilitating, and assessing NSF-funded workshops on Rigorous Research in Engineering Education (RREE), the authors present four representations of engineering education scholarly work in the United States, specifically teaching and research. Many of the representations describe the relationships between engineering research, education research, teaching, and assessment. For each of the representations, assessment data are presented to evaluate which aspects resonated with workshop participants and which needed to be changed for wide acceptance by a U.S. engineering education audience. It was found that participants preferred continua to dichotomy and were more receptive to models that were introduced inductively through active learning exercises. Lessons learned, implications for the field, and future plans for further development of the paradigm are also included.
KW - Education reform
KW - Engineering education research
KW - New paradigm
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U2 - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00964.x
DO - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00964.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43449097545
SN - 1069-4730
VL - 97
SP - 147
EP - 162
JO - Journal of Engineering Education
JF - Journal of Engineering Education
IS - 2
ER -