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FORMAÇÃO PEDAGÓGICA PARA DOCENTES - Engineers are People Too

Formação Pedagógica

Engineers are People Too

 

Students in their first and second years of an engineering major often experience an internal struggle.

They wonder if they are meant to be an engineer and if they will be successful in their program, regardless of their academic performance.

Too often students rely on external sources for that reassurance, or they stop reaching out for help entirely.

These behavior’s increase the likelihood that  students will switch majors or leave the STEM field entirely.

In this seminar, Dr. Gurganus will be discussing her ongoing development of instruments designed to assist students in understanding their mindset throughout their engineering education career.

She will also discuss the current and future directions of her research and practices as they relate to the undergrad and graduate student spaces.

This session will talk through programs, such as using undergraduates in the classroom and developing future faculty. 

It's time to reframe the definition of what it means to be an engineer. 

 

DATA: 2 de junho, 10h30-12h00

LOCAL: FEUP, B328

 

FORMADORA: Jamie Gurganus

Faculty member in the Engineering and Computing Education Program and Affiliate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UMBC-University of Maryland and Baltimore county.

She is the Associate Director STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT). She also serves as the Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate school.

Her research is focused on solving problems relating to educating and developing engineers, teachers, and the community at all levels (P12, undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate). A few of these key areas include engineering identity and mindsets, global

competencies, failure culture, first year experiences in engineering, capstone design thinking, integrating service and authentic learning into the engineering classroom, implementing new instructional methodologies, and design optimization using traditional and non-traditional manufacturing (makerspaces). She seeks to identify best practices and develop assessments methods that assist in optimizing computing and engineering learning.

Was one the inaugural award winners of the Diane M. Lee teaching award in 2021 and received an Exemplary Mentor Award from the Center for Women in Technology in 2022. She also received the Northern Maryland Technology Council Leader Award in STEM education in 2019. She has written curricula and published a number of works in engineering education in both higher education, P12 and international spaces. She is a co-founder and the Director of Innovation Programs and Operations for the non-profit research group, Advancing Engineering Excellence in P-12 Engineering Education and has successfully launched PROMISE Engineering Institute Global, for international future faculty higher education development through the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF).

Teaches several first and second year Engineering classes along with the Mechanical and Multidisciplinary Engineering Senior Capstone design courses and Global Engineering at UMBC.

As an active member of American Society of Engineering Education, She is currently serving as the program chair for the pre-college division and serving on two task forces with the president to create a framework for ‘Weaving in Students vs. Weeding them out’ and a report to NSF for changing students' mindsets.

INSCRIÇÂO: gratuita mas obrigatória em: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6bQGr1JQm8U4jpb30oPq3u8xkBQpOqIrUZ8Zu_C-Fu39jMA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

NOTA: a formação será lecionada em língua inglesa.