دورية أكاديمية
Light Blue Walls and Tan Flooring: A Culture of Belonging in Engineering Making Spaces (or Not?)
| العنوان: | Light Blue Walls and Tan Flooring: A Culture of Belonging in Engineering Making Spaces (or Not?) |
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| المؤلفون: | Villanueva Alarcón, Idalis (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Education Sciences. 2021 11. |
| الإتاحة: | MDPI AG. Klybeckstrasse 64, 4057 Basel, Switzerland. e-mail: education@mdpi.com; e-mail: indexing@mdpi.com; Web site: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2021 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | EEC1664271 1664272 1664274 2113755 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Educational Environment, Sense of Community, Engineering Education, College Students, College Administration, College Faculty, School Culture, Inclusion, Diversity, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | Indiana |
| تدمد: | 2227-7102 |
| مستخلص: | The motivation for this exploratory qualitative study is to understand what a culture of belonging may look like across six engineering education making spaces in institutions of higher education in the U.S. The research question for this study was: "In what ways are the management, instructors, and staff operating engineering education making spaces influencing a culture of belonging (if any) for engineering students?" We examined the transcripts of semi-structured interviews of 49 faculty members and 29 members of management/staff of making spaces, using thematic coding. From the data, we identified four themes that described the culture of belonging being created in these six engineering making spaces: (a) a 'closed loop' culture for inclusion, diversity, equity, and access; (b) a 'transactional, dichotomous' culture; (c) a 'band-aid, masquerading' culture; (d) a potential 'boundary-crossing' culture. Our primary conclusion was that created cultures in engineering making spaces are extensions of normative cultures found in traditional engineering classrooms. Additionally, while making spaces were attempting to change this culture in their physical infrastructures, it was deemed that the space leadership needs to expand hiring strategies, the nature of making activities, the ambient/physical appearance of the space, disciplines, and required expertise, to create a truly inclusive and equitable culture of belonging. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1314617 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 2227-7102 |
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