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Yoon, Jiyoon; Kim, Kyoung Jin; Koo, Katie – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
This study was to design and explore the effects of an enrichment program on the leadership, attitude, and motivation of ethnic minority gifted and talented students who want to be scientists and engineers in the future. Ten gifted and talented students participated in this study, Youth Science and Technology Leadership Camp (YSTLC). A leadership…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Minority Group Students, Academically Gifted, Science Education
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Convertino, Christina – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2018
Based on an ethnographic study of a pre-engineering freshman course at a large university on the US-Mexico border, I explore how 4 Latinx undergraduate students, 2 of whom crossed the border on a daily basis to pursue higher education (HE), built a Lego robot that they named "La Migra" (a colloquial term for US Border Patrol). In…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Hispanic American Students, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education
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Taraban, Roman; Marcy, William M.; LaCour, Mark S.; Koduru, Lakshmojee; Prasad H. C., Shiva; Zasiekin, Serhii – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
Ethical engineering practice is a global issue. However, cultural norms and social realities may result in differences in ethical behavior. A basic instructional challenge is developing the ability of students to understand ethical practice and to facilitate discussion of ethical issues across regional and cultural boundaries. The present project…
Descriptors: Ethics, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
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Karkoub, Mansour; Yang, Chun-Lin; Karkoub, Wael; Raslan, Moustafa – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
For many years, educators have been developing tools and techniques to improve the learning process in higher education; however, the vast majority of these do not focus directly on deep learning. In this work, an innovative teaching/learning tool is presented which focuses on deep learning of some engineering skills and principles. The tool is…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Learning Processes, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
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Hillman, Sara; Graham, Keith M.; Eslami, Zohreh R. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
Transnational higher education (TNHE), often based on export models of Western-based universities and driven by neoliberal market economy agendas, has spread across the globe. One example of TNHE is Qatar's Education City where six prestigious American international branch campuses (IBCs) all administer their degrees through English medium…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Planning, Language of Instruction, Neoliberalism
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Navarro, Marco Aurelio – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
Given the importance of hydrocarbons for this area, the purpose of this paper is to explore the response of universities to cope with new demands in the south of Texas and Tamaulipas, especially in relation to gas plays of Eagle Ford (Texas side) and Burgos Basin (Mexican side). To accomplish this task, in the first section of the paper a broad…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Fuels, School Business Relationship
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Akerson, Valari, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
"International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES) which took place on October 15-18, 2020 in Chicago, IL, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share your ideas, to discuss theoretical and practical…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Social Sciences, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
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Randall, D'Arcy C.; Moore, Christy; Carvalho, Isabel S. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe specific techniques of "inquiry-based learning" employed by three instructors in Engineering schools, one in Europe and two in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: Theorists such as Bransford et al. argue that twenty-first century educators need to teach students to do more than simply…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Praxis