Individual Resilience as a Competency for Aviation Professionals: A Review of the Literature
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Virtual On line
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June 22, 2020
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June 22, 2020
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June 26, 2021
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Educational Research and Methods
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20
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10.18260/1-2--34822
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https://strategy.asee.org/34822
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631
Paper Authors
Timothy D. Ropp Purdue University, West Lafayette
Timothy Ropp is an associate professor of practice in Aeronautical Engineering Technology at Purdue University’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology. He is the Director of the School’s Aerospace and MRO Technology Innovation Center and leads its Hangar of the Future Research Laboratory. He is also graduate student at Saint Louis University’s Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology. He received an M.S. in Industrial Technology with a focus on curriculum and instruction for industry from Purdue University in 1998, and a B.S. in Aeronautical Technology in 1997. He is an FAA certificated Airframe and Powerplant mechanic and Private Pilot.
Stephen M. Belt Saint Louis University
Stephen M. Belt is an assistant professor in the Aviation Science Department at Saint Louis University.
He is a certified flight instructor and commercial
pilot. He received a PhD in higher educational
administration in 2012 from Saint Louis University.
Abstract
Graduates from aviation education programs emerge with requisite technical certification and academic coursework to fulfill the respective degree requirements, but may still lack fluency in key non-technical competencies to fully leverage their professional credentials and academic coursework. Individual resilience is one example of a non-technical competency sought by employers across several industries including aviation. Due to the applied nature of the aviation discipline, problem-based learning approaches often implicitly seek to develop individual resilience within many educational programs/experiences; however, the shift from a traditional lecture/lab course to a learner-centric, problem-based approach may cause some learners to retreat from learning due to early failures or insufficiently developed recovery techniques. The purpose of this paper is to identify a list of attributes of resilience and develop a theoretical model of individual resilience. A cross-domain review from seminal and modern research on resilience theory from aviation/aerospace, education, medical and psychology literature was conducted. Direct aviation industry inputs and research on preferred competencies were also reviewed. Five common resilience themes emerged: (1) Adversity persistence/perseverance; (2) Contextual awareness (picture making; visualizing and assessing problems and synthesizing decision strategies); (3) Self-directed/learning autonomy; (4) Change management and innovation, and (5) Social connectivity (peer relationships).
Ropp, T. D., & Belt, S. M. (2020, June), Individual Resilience as a Competency for Aviation Professionals: A Review of the Literature Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34822
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