Agency in engineering design: Understanding the tradeoff between criteria and constraints in authentic epistemic practices

• In Event: FR (h)- Engineering Design

Short Description

Engineering design has been widely implemented in K-12 curriculum to prepare future engineers. To foster epistemic agentic learners, understanding how learner agency reveals in the negotiation between criteria and constraints in authentic epistemic practices is important. The purpose of this research is to understand how epistemic agentic actions are unfolded in engineering design practices. Preliminary findings showcased three different patterns about how learners undergo engineering design processes. Practical implications will be discussed at the presentation.

Authors

• Presenter: Hengtao Tang, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: shiyan jiang, North Carolina State University