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A Strategic Curriculum Design for an Introductory Engineering Course to Encourage Self-Empowerment of Minority Students
129th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Excellence Through Diversity, ASEE 2022 ; 2022.
Article in English | Scopus | ID: covidwho-2045532
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The objective of this paper is to report on the preliminary implementation of educational activities and learning modules to improve the curriculum design of an introductory engineering course. The new curriculum, which was strategically designed to empower underrepresented minoritized (URM) students in STEM, incorporates complementary educational activities and academic interventions including 1) the use of EduGuide online coaching platform to equip students to pursue their personal growth goals, and 2) the implementation of professional development workshops to reinforce and influence the academic career decision-making and preparedness of first-year undergraduate students. The proposed curriculum design was applied to two class sections of an introductory engineering course with a total of 53 first-year students during the fall semester of 2020. Virtual teaching and learning environments were required across this institution to comply with the social distancing and lockdown requirements enacted by the federal government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.. As part of the coaching platform, students in these two classes had access to an online mentoring community of 32 members from academia and industry. The professional development workshops were also provided in a virtual format yet synchronous format to support engagement with the facilitators and among peers. Students were asked to complete an online pre-semester survey, develop feedback essays, and respond to self-reflecting open-ended questions to gather substantial data to assess the impact of the implemented interventions and educational activities. From this study, the new curriculum design showed great potential in encouraging self-empowerment of minority students, which can consequently result in greater rates of persistence, motivation, and academic success. The university provided the required support to create an introductory university course under the Engineering Leadership and Education department to offer the new curriculum design to first-year undergraduate students interested in engineering programs. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022.
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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Scopus Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: 129th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Excellence Through Diversity, ASEE 2022 Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Scopus Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: 129th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Excellence Through Diversity, ASEE 2022 Year: 2022 Document Type: Article