This qualitative study sought to describe and understand the experiences of female students attending engineering colleges in Mexico and the sources of support and strategies that helped them persist in their programs. The participants were 20 women engineering students enrolled in at least their third year in selected colleges of engineering in Mexico, in both public and private universities, and pursuing a variety of engineering majors. Findings focus on the experiences of female students that helped them stay in their programs. Participants described their experiences in college as very challenging and perceived the environment as hostile and uncertain. In addition, patriarchal Mexican cultural values and stereotypes were identified by students as influencing and helping shape the engineering environment. However, in this context, participants were able to find sources of support and use strategies that helped them remain in their majors, such as a strong desire to succeed, a perceived academic self-ability; and support from their families, peers, institutions, and?most importantly?their professors. Furthermore, the fact that participants were able to persist in their programs gave them a sense of pride and satisfaction that was shared by their families, peers, and faculty. In addition, participants experienced contradictory forces and were constantly negotiating between rejecting traditional gender norms and upholding the norms that are so deeply engrained in Mexican society. Finally, as the students advanced in their programs and became ?accepted to the club,? they tended to reproduce the maledominated value system present in engineering colleges accepting their professors? expectations of being ?top students,? accepting the elitist culture of engineering superiority, and embracing the protection given by their male peers. Retention of Mexican female engineering students is important for all engineering colleges, but cultural factors must be taken into consideration. The dominance of machismo attitudes and values in Mexican culture present specific challenges to achieve an environment more supportive of women in Mexican engineering colleges. Institutions need to be proactive and creative in order to help faculty and administrators provide an environment in which female engineering students can be successful.

Technology-enhanced instruction has a great potential to support the learning process. However, the engaging power of technology can become a distracting factor if it is not deployed properly. Unfortunately, the current literature in instructional design and user interface design is broad and not easily accessible by construction faculty. This dissertation presents a framework to guide the development of technology-assisted instruction for the classroom. The framework developed is called EDDE which stands for four conceptual steps involved in the creation of a technology-supported teaching tool: Explore, Design, Develop, and Evaluate. EDDE contains a novel synthesis of the literature in instructional design and user interface design as well as survey data of student subject matter knowledge and information technology background. A computerized tool called EDDEaid makes accessible the large store of knowledge supporting EDDE. Assessment of EDDEaid is presented with evaluation results from nine university faculty that teach construction subjects as well as through critique of and changes to an existing interactive learning tool. EDDE and EDDEaid are found to contribute to the body of knowledge regarding the deployment of technology-enhanced instruction and provide support to construction faculty developing learning tools. / text

Engineering education serves to provide society with competent engineering graduates, capable of making a difference to their profession and the world around them. Since the Grinter Report of the 1950s in the United States, engineering education has focused its approach upon improving the technical and analytical competencies of engineering students. Many practicing engineers find that recent graduates are adequately developing their technical skills but are lacking in a deep-knowledge of engineering’s core creative process: design. Although there has been an increase in design instruction in some engineering programs, there is typically a lack of focus on related assessment, which forms a key part of the educational process. Students focus their efforts upon that which is being graded, resulting in students focusing on achieving deliverable requirements rather then on deeply learning the process and techniques of engineering design. The research question asked was: will students be more likely to achieve core course objectives and learning goals in an intensive, multidisciplinary course by using a well tailored rubric-based assessment process, in comparison to a more “traditional” course assessment scheme? Traditional course assessments often focus upon the success of a final deliverable for students to achieve a good mark, and in design courses can focus on the success of the final product. Student opinion towards its implementation and value in helping them reach learning goals was surveyed to determine the usefulness of the rubric in helping to reach course objectives and learning goals. These surveys indicated: strong student support for the use of a rubric system; a positive student response to the feedback being provided to them through weekly rubric-based advice; the rubric provided a suitable level of detail to be helpful to students in achieving course objectives; students were capable of internalizing the learning goals and using the assessment system to evaluate their peers; and finally that the assessment system was a viable alternative to traditional course assessments. / Thesis (Master, Civil Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2008-09-24 16:21:34.954

Ce document vise à étudier dans une perspective historiographique à la lumière de la théorie des champs de Bourdieu et les représentations sociales de Abric, les processus de configuration, augmentation et saturation de l'ingénierie industrielle comme "champ" d'apprentisage de la discipline en Colombie entre 1950 et 2000. A partir de l'analyse qualitative des entretiens avec les enseignants et des documents de programmes de génie industriel de trois des meilleures universités dans le pays: Universidad Nacional de Colombia à Medellin, Universidad Industrial de Santander à Bucaramanga et Universidad de Los Andes à Bogota.Avec l’instauration du capitalisme et le renforcement de l'industrie générés après la mise en oeuvre du modèle de développement dans les années 1950 qui a commencé la production massive et a déterminé le besoin de nouvelles formes de rationalisation du travail, de façon à permettre la description des métiers, temps et mouvement du travailleur, la mise en place précise du coût de chaque opération et l'établissement de standards de travail et de salaires de production. Par conséquence il y avait un boom économique prématuré en Colombie qui a motivé la division sociale du travail et la demande d'éducationen ingénierie industrielle a grimpé à devenir saturé, le processus de diversification et de stratification a marqué le développement de la discipline et de son camp de formation. Tout cela conduit à envisager la possibilité de nouveaux discours à repenser la discipline de nouveaux modèles de production tels que l'économie équitable et solidaire ou éco-économie. / This paper aims to investigate from a historiographical perspective in light of Bourdieu's field theory and social representations of Abric configuration processes, boom and saturation of industrial engineering as "field" to learn discipline in Colombia between 1950 and 2000 from the qualitative analysis of interviews with teachers and documents of industrial engineering programs from three of the best universities in the country : Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Medellin, Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga and Universidad from Los Andes in Bogota. With the settlement of capitalism and strengthening industry generated after the development model implementation around 1950 that started mass production and determined the need for new rationalization work forms, such as, to permit description of trades measuring time and motion of worker, the precise establishment of cost operation and the establishment of work standards and production incentives. Consequently, there was an untimely business boom in Colombia motivated the social division of labor and the demand for education in industrial engineering soared to become saturated, the process of diversification and stratification marked the development of both the discipline and its training camp. All this leads to consider the possibility of new discourses to rethinking from new productions models such as equitable economy or eco-economy. / El presente trabajo pretende indagar desde una perspectiva historiográfica a la luz de la teoría de campos de Bourdieu y de las representaciones sociales de Abric los procesos de configuración, auge y saturación de la ingeniería industrial como “campo” de saber disciplinar en Colombia entre los años 1950 y 2000 a partir del análisis cualitativo de las entrevistas realizadas a los profesores y de los documentos de los programas de ingeniería industrial de tres de las universidades más importantes del país: La Universidad Nacional de Colombia en Medellín, la Universidad Industrial de Santander en Bucaramanga y la Universidad Los Andes en Bogotá. Con el asentamiento del capitalismo y el fortalecimiento industrial generados luego de la implantación del modelo de desarrollo alrededor de 1950 que dió inicio a la producción en masa y determinó la necesidad de adoptar nuevas formas de racionalización del trabajo, tales que permitieran la descripción de oficios, la medición de tiempos y movimientos del trabajador, el establecimiento preciso del costo de cada operación y el establecimiento de estándares de trabajo e incentivos de producción. Se produjo un intempestivo auge empresarial en Colombia que motivó la división social del trabajo y la demanda por educación en ingeniería industrial se disparó hasta llegar a saturarse, los procesos de diversificación y estratificación marcaron el desenvolvimiento tanto de la disciplina como de su campo de formación. Todo lo anterior conlleva a pensar en la posibilidad de repensar nuevos discursos para la disciplina a partir de nuevos modelos de producción, como la economía equitable y solidaria o la eco-economía.

A Educação em Engenharia pode ser definida como o ambiente de inserção da educação superior em engenharia com abordagem sistêmica, visando aprimorar a atividade docente, pois se discute tanto a formação do engenheiro, quanto o saber-fazer dos professores. O objetivo desse trabalho foi verificar que mudanças um processo de reforma curricular pode exercer no modelo de ensino do curso. O método de pesquisa foi um estudo de caso único em um curso de engenharia. Na coleta de dados foram realizados o levantamento dos fatores desencadeadores do processo de mudança, a descrição do processo de reforma curricular e a realização de entrevistas com o corpo docente. Na análise dos dados, utilizou-se o software NVivo® para a organização das falas dos professores e a técnica da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados mostraram que o objetivo geral dessa dissertação foi cumprido: a utilização do instrumento de mapeamento (blueprint) para fazer a síntese do processo mostrou-se eficiente; houve sensibilização dos professores, embora não a ponto de fazerem mudanças significativas nas suas práticas; e foram citados novas práticas de avaliação dos alunos e jogos em sala de aula como exemplos de alterações. Outro resultado relevante foi a proposição de diretrizes para futuras reformas curriculares na engenharia e a necessidade de se fazer novos ciclos de ação dentro do processo de mudança já iniciado no curso. Estas diretrizes devem ser validadas junto aos envolvidos, no futuro. / Engineering Education can be defined as the insertion of higher education environment in engineering with systemic approach, aiming to enhance the teaching activity, since there is a discussion not only about the formation of the engineer, but also about the know-how of teachers. The objective of this work was to verify what changes a process of curriculum reform can exert on the teaching model of the course. The research method was a unique case study in an engineering course. In data collection was carried out the survey of the factors that triggered the process of change, the description of the process of curriculum reform and the realization of interviews with faculty. In data analysis, a software was used for the organization of teachers’lines and, after, also the technique of content analysis. The results showed that the overall objective of this dissertation has been fulfilled: the use of a mapping instrument (blueprint) to make the summary of the process proved to be efficient; teachers were sensitised with the proposal, although not enough to make significant changes in their practices; and new practices for the evaluation of students and classroom games were cited as examples of changes. Another important result was the proposal of guidelines for future engineering curriculum reforms and the need to make new cycles of action within the process of change already started in the course. These guidelines must be validated by the involved in the future.

abstract: The higher education sector is always changing and seeks for robust methodologies to make education more effective and produce higher quality products which are the future professionals. While each student has different preference in learning, numerous forms of instructional strategies are adopted to engage students in varied ways. Existing literature has studied the impacts of various teaching strategies on students’ performance. Previous studies did not figure out if personal characteristics such as honestly, emotionality, etc. have any impacts on the students’ academic performance. This master thesis uses the detailed information gathered through surveying construction students and analyses such data to determine the relationship between various personal factors and understand if there is any relation between students’ academic performance and personal characteristics. This work has used HEXACO factor scales and Emotional Intelligence (EI) as a basis of its analysis. Results of this analysis indicated that there is no significant correlation between students’ academic performance and HEXACO and EI criteria. Although the analysis process tried to provide the most accurate and robust results, but findings could potentially be affected by a number of factors such as excluding some survey responses from data analysis due to confusing responses or being outlier. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Construction Management 2017

A Educação em Engenharia pode ser definida como o ambiente de inserção da educação superior em engenharia com abordagem sistêmica, visando aprimorar a atividade docente, pois se discute tanto a formação do engenheiro, quanto o saber-fazer dos professores. O objetivo desse trabalho foi verificar que mudanças um processo de reforma curricular pode exercer no modelo de ensino do curso. O método de pesquisa foi um estudo de caso único em um curso de engenharia. Na coleta de dados foram realizados o levantamento dos fatores desencadeadores do processo de mudança, a descrição do processo de reforma curricular e a realização de entrevistas com o corpo docente. Na análise dos dados, utilizou-se o software NVivo® para a organização das falas dos professores e a técnica da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados mostraram que o objetivo geral dessa dissertação foi cumprido: a utilização do instrumento de mapeamento (blueprint) para fazer a síntese do processo mostrou-se eficiente; houve sensibilização dos professores, embora não a ponto de fazerem mudanças significativas nas suas práticas; e foram citados novas práticas de avaliação dos alunos e jogos em sala de aula como exemplos de alterações. Outro resultado relevante foi a proposição de diretrizes para futuras reformas curriculares na engenharia e a necessidade de se fazer novos ciclos de ação dentro do processo de mudança já iniciado no curso. Estas diretrizes devem ser validadas junto aos envolvidos, no futuro. / Engineering Education can be defined as the insertion of higher education environment in engineering with systemic approach, aiming to enhance the teaching activity, since there is a discussion not only about the formation of the engineer, but also about the know-how of teachers. The objective of this work was to verify what changes a process of curriculum reform can exert on the teaching model of the course. The research method was a unique case study in an engineering course. In data collection was carried out the survey of the factors that triggered the process of change, the description of the process of curriculum reform and the realization of interviews with faculty. In data analysis, a software was used for the organization of teachers’lines and, after, also the technique of content analysis. The results showed that the overall objective of this dissertation has been fulfilled: the use of a mapping instrument (blueprint) to make the summary of the process proved to be efficient; teachers were sensitised with the proposal, although not enough to make significant changes in their practices; and new practices for the evaluation of students and classroom games were cited as examples of changes. Another important result was the proposal of guidelines for future engineering curriculum reforms and the need to make new cycles of action within the process of change already started in the course. These guidelines must be validated by the involved in the future.

Atualmente, com a globalização da economia e a alta competitividade imposta por mudanças sociais, reforça-se de maneira inigualável a necessidade de se equacionar a questão da capacitação humana no que se refere à qualificação profissional frente às novas exigências. Essa necessidade é imposta pelos desafios diante de uma atuação competente estabelecida por novos padrões de qualidade e produtividade como única forma de atuação competitiva. Novos padrões de desempenho do trabalho, apoiados em critérios de multidisciplinaridade do conhecimento e multifuncionalidade de competências passam a ser exigidos não só dos produtos e serviços mas dos profissionais de engenharia, enquanto agentes de transformação tanto sociais como mercadológicas. Neste trabalho, abordam-se aspectos relativos à situação do ensino de engenharia e às novas exigências de atuação no cenário globalizado com o objetivo de propor uma estrutura de referência que permita avaliar a qualidade do ensino de engenharia em seus vários aspectos. / Nowadays, due to economy globalization and the high competitivity impose by social changes, the necessity of solving the question of human capacity concerning professional qualification facing the new exigencies is reinforced. Such necessity is imposed by the challenges of a competent performance established by new quality and productivity patterns as the only way of competitive performance. New patterns of performance at work based on criteria of multidisciplinarity of competences start to be required not only from products and services, but also from engineering professionals, while agents of social and market transformations. The present paper deals with the aspects concerning the engineering teaching situation and the new exigencies of performance in the globalized background in order to propose a reference structure witch allows evaluating the quality of engineering teaching in its several aspects.

A Educação em Engenharia pode ser definida como o ambiente de inserção da educação superior em engenharia com abordagem sistêmica, visando aprimorar a atividade docente, pois se discute tanto a formação do engenheiro, quanto o saber-fazer dos professores. O objetivo desse trabalho foi verificar que mudanças um processo de reforma curricular pode exercer no modelo de ensino do curso. O método de pesquisa foi um estudo de caso único em um curso de engenharia. Na coleta de dados foram realizados o levantamento dos fatores desencadeadores do processo de mudança, a descrição do processo de reforma curricular e a realização de entrevistas com o corpo docente. Na análise dos dados, utilizou-se o software NVivo® para a organização das falas dos professores e a técnica da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados mostraram que o objetivo geral dessa dissertação foi cumprido: a utilização do instrumento de mapeamento (blueprint) para fazer a síntese do processo mostrou-se eficiente; houve sensibilização dos professores, embora não a ponto de fazerem mudanças significativas nas suas práticas; e foram citados novas práticas de avaliação dos alunos e jogos em sala de aula como exemplos de alterações. Outro resultado relevante foi a proposição de diretrizes para futuras reformas curriculares na engenharia e a necessidade de se fazer novos ciclos de ação dentro do processo de mudança já iniciado no curso. Estas diretrizes devem ser validadas junto aos envolvidos, no futuro. / Engineering Education can be defined as the insertion of higher education environment in engineering with systemic approach, aiming to enhance the teaching activity, since there is a discussion not only about the formation of the engineer, but also about the know-how of teachers. The objective of this work was to verify what changes a process of curriculum reform can exert on the teaching model of the course. The research method was a unique case study in an engineering course. In data collection was carried out the survey of the factors that triggered the process of change, the description of the process of curriculum reform and the realization of interviews with faculty. In data analysis, a software was used for the organization of teachers’lines and, after, also the technique of content analysis. The results showed that the overall objective of this dissertation has been fulfilled: the use of a mapping instrument (blueprint) to make the summary of the process proved to be efficient; teachers were sensitised with the proposal, although not enough to make significant changes in their practices; and new practices for the evaluation of students and classroom games were cited as examples of changes. Another important result was the proposal of guidelines for future engineering curriculum reforms and the need to make new cycles of action within the process of change already started in the course. These guidelines must be validated by the involved in the future.

Engineering educators have called for research on how best to foster and assess the development of collaborative expertise, particularly around engineering design. Mental models are internal representations depicting understanding. The quality of mental models and their similarity amongst group members have been found to influence performance and group processes in a range of disciplines: For example, flight, military, medical, and business teams. The purpose of this thesis was to examine three attributes (content, structure, within-group similarity) of the mental models of first-year undergraduate engineering students hold about both collaboration and engineering design in the context of a course-based engineering design project. Participants were 251 undergraduate engineering students enrolled in a first-year engineering course. Mental models were measured using relatedness ratings. This exploratory study drew upon network analysis indices and used descriptive, correlational, and comparative statistical techniques. Findings indicate (a) monitoring was viewed as the least central collaborative idea represented in the engineering students’ mental models, (b) quality or expertise is indicated by the level of connection pruning in students’ mental models, (c) performance and the quality of mental models of collaboration are associated, and (d) within-group collaborative mental model compatibility was more related to performance than mental model overlap. This study contributes to engineering education by suggesting mental models of the collaborative process are an essential factor to consider when preparing undergraduate engineering students to engage in collaborative engineering design. / Graduate