Choosing a Civil Engineering Career: Some Market Research Findings

Bronzini, M S; Mason, J M; Tarris, J P; Zaki, Eman

doi:10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(1995)121:3(170)

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“…13 Teachers also perceive parents as important role models, inspiring children to consider an engineering career, 14 and engineering deans believe informal advising from parents and teachers is one of the greatest factors in profession selection. 15 Other studies involving undergraduate engineering students not only from the United States 16 but also South Africa 17 provide additional support for the idea that parents are the primary and initial motivation for their children's motivation to participate in engineering.…”

Section: Engineering Career Motivatormentioning

confidence: 99%

Parents as Critical Influence: Insights from Five Different Studies

Dorie¹,

Jones²,

Pollock³

et al.

2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Broadening participation in engineering, increasing students interest in engineering, and increasing technological literacy are concerns that engineering programs and engineering education researchers continue to address. One important group to consider in this process is parents. Parents play a number of roles in engineering education: they can motivate interest in engineering in early childhood, they can provide support when their child is in the process of selecting a major at college, they can provide experiences for learning engineering concepts and skills, and can serve as role models if they themselves are engineers. Using multiple case study analysis, this paper examines different roles parents play in engineering education through five distinct studies. In these five studies, participants range from parents of young children up to high school age, in a variety of different settings. The collection of these five studies provides unique insights into a more comprehensive understanding of the ways that parents are engaged in engineering education.

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Section: Engineering Career Motivatormentioning

confidence: 99%

Parents as Critical Influence: Insights from Five Different Studies

Dorie¹,

Jones²,

Pollock³

et al.

2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…A rationale for the phenomenon is that as the world becomes increasingly dependent upon advanced technology, the engineering workforce becomes essential to maintain and develop, in order to preserve competitiveness in the global society 7,8,9 . However, research has shown that the number of engineers is decreasing, and the image of engineering is not that positive 10,11,12 . Therefore, not only have concerns about the "quantity" of engineers been raised, but also issues over the "quality" of engineering education 13,14 .…”

Section: A the Importance And Status Of P-12 Engineering Educationmentioning

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Parents’ Concerns About the Inclusion of Engineering Education in P-12 Classrooms

Kluin¹,

Cardella²

2012 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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There is an increasing interest in providing more opportunities for pre-college/university students to learn engineering concepts and content. Particularly, adopting engineering activities into P-12 classrooms has been one of the emphases for attracting more students to engineering. The primary purpose of this paper is to initiate discussion about parents" concerns and suggestions about the inclusion of engineering education in P-12 classrooms. In addition, this paper provides an overview of important concepts related to content analysis including benefits, procedure, and practical implications to increase general understanding of the method. In an effort to increase the validity and reliability of the technique, transparent steps are presented throughout the paper.

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“…Bronzini et al [11] used market research techniques to determine that the general public's lack of exposure to civil engineering was a significant challenge to recruiting students, and they reported contact with civil engineering role models as the single most important influence on students' choices to pursue studies in civil engineering, with equal or greater influence on women or ethnic minorities. Shealy et al [12] found that while male and female students were both strongly motivated by environmental sustainability concerns to choose civil engineering as a major, female students were significantly more likely to cite concern for social issues such as addressing poverty and opportunities for underrepresented groups.…”

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Why Students Select the Civil Engineering Major

Graves,

Matarazzo,

Barry,

et al.

2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Understanding why students select their intended major can help faculty to motivate and retain those students in a program of study. Ensuring that students remain motivated by their educational program greatly increases the likelihood that they will successfully complete the major.The study presented within this paper used a course-generated student essay that reflects on why students at a particular academic institution selected the civil engineering major. The essay assignment has been used over multiple course administrations during a five-year period. Essays were reviewed for reference to a series of nine specific motivations for selecting the academic Students at the United States Military Academy (West Point) select their academic major during the spring of their first year. They start coursework in their major during the fall semester of their second year. One of the first courses that students take when majoring in the civil engineering program is CE201, Introduction to Civil Engineering. CE201 is a required 1-credit hour course in the civil engineering curriculum. Other than students that transfer into the major late, all students take it as part of their first semester in the program. major. The collected data has been evaluated to look for trends in major selection reasoning, as well as differences between genders. This study will be of interest to faculty and administrators with a desire to understand the motivation behind their students' major selection. The results of this study have the potential to significantly impact the activities and areas of emphasis used during recruitment of students to the civil engineering major.

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Choosing a Civil Engineering Career: Some Market Research Findings

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Parents as Critical Influence: Insights from Five Different Studies

Parents as Critical Influence: Insights from Five Different Studies

Parents’ Concerns About the Inclusion of Engineering Education in P-12 Classrooms

Why Students Select the Civil Engineering Major

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