Meeting Students Where They Are: Identifying Diverse Funds of Knowledge for Engineering Design

• In Event: AECT Gallery Walk - D&D Showcase, Emerging Technology Showcase, AECT Gallery Walk - Available 24/7 during the convention.
  In Showcase Session: Design and Development Showcase

Short Description

Despite years of calls for diversifying STEM fields, many gaps remain. Recent research in engineering education has begun to focus on identifying the engineering funds of knowledge that high school students gain from their everyday and cultural experiences. To contribute to this work, this research aims to characterize ways in which students from groups that continue to be underrepresented in engineering might be discovered to be more engineering-ready than their privileged peers.

Authors

• Presenter: Yan Chen, University of New Mexico

• Presenter: Sung "Pil" Kang, University of New Mexico

• Contributor: Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico

• Contributor: Chen Qiu, University of New Mexico

• Presenter: Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico