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Conceptualizing Engagement: Contributions of Faculty to Student Engagement in Engineering
Author(s) -
Chen Helen L.,
Lattuca Lisa R.,
Hamilton Eric R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00983.x
Subject(s) - accreditation , student engagement , engineering education , higher education , pedagogy , engineering ethics , medical education , engineering , sociology , political science , engineering management , medicine , law
The concept of student engagement, now prominent in the engineering education and higher education communities, has a long intellectual history. Yet only recently has attention focused on the role that faculty play as designers of educational environments to support student engagement. Drawing from examples and data from the Engineering Change study (which evaluated the impact of the new EC2000 accreditation standards on engineering programs and student learning), the Academic Pathways Study of the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, and studies underway at the United States Air Force Academy, we explore the role of faculty, as the institutional agents who are most proximal to the student experience, in developing, facilitating, and sustaining high levels of student engagement.