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Development of a Hybrid Community of Practice Course Model to Prepare Pre-Service Teachers to Teach Engineering in K-12 (Work in Progress)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Page Count

8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41699

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https://strategy.asee.org/41699

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Betsy Chesnutt University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Courtney Faber University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Courtney is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Clemson University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Courtney conducts qualitative and mixed methods research studies to investigate epistemic matter, faculty agency, and researcher identity.

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Daniel Mountain

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I have a background in chemical engineering, getting my Bachelor's in 2021 in this area. I am currently pursuing my Master's in Chemical Engineering, as well as an Engineering Education Graduate Certificate. I have done past research in engineering education, working with how the COVID-19 pandemic affected engineering students. My current research looks at how perceptions of engineering affect pre-service teachers' self-efficacy at teaching engineering.

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Abstract

To create a more engineering literate society, diversify the engineering workforce, and encourage and prepare more students to pursue engineering careers, there is an urgent need to increase the capacity for teaching engineering in K-12, and one way to increase the number of K-12 teachers who are able to successfully integrate engineering into the curriculum is to provide pre-service teachers with direct experience with engineering education. To address this need at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, a new course has been developed, in which pre-service teachers work with engineering undergraduate students to learn about K-12 engineering education, develop lesson plans and projects that can be used both in the K-12 classroom and in informal educational settings, and work directly with K-12 students at after-school engineering clubs, STEM family nights, and other outreach activities. The course is structured to facilitate the development of a community of practice consisting of both pre-service teachers and engineering students. The ultimate goal of this work is to develop best practices and models for training pre-service teachers to teach engineering effectively. This paper will present an overview of the structure of the course, including a description of the projects and reflections students will complete.

Chesnutt, B., & Faber, C., & Mountain, D. (2022, August), Development of a Hybrid Community of Practice Course Model to Prepare Pre-Service Teachers to Teach Engineering in K-12 (Work in Progress) Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41699

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