A preliminary exploration of the relevance of self-efficacy, self-determination, and agency in describing the first-year African engineering students’ experience

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in Ghana, where she leads the Ashesi Resourceful Engineering Lab. Her research explores the mechanisms and manifestations of resourceful design, particularly in indigenous innovation, experiential education, and bio-inspired fluid dynamics. Dr. Beem completed her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at MIT/WHOI, and moved thereafter to Ghana, where she founded and leads Practical Education Network (PEN), a STEM education nonprofit building the capacity of African STEM teachers to employ practical pedagogies.