Elementary school students’ conceptions of engineers: a drawing analysis study in Taiwan

• Autores: Pao-Nan Chou, Wei-Fan Chen
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 33, no. Extra 1 (Parte B), 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Current Trends in K-12 Engineering Education), págs. 476-488
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study investigated elementary school students’ conceptions of engineers by conducting the Chinese-version of theDraw-an-Engineer Test (CDET) in classrooms. A mixed methods research methodology was adopted for achieving theresearch objective. In the quantitative part of this study, a content analysis method was used for analyzing students’drawing contents; in the qualitative part, a phenomenology approach was employed for collecting interview data. A totalof 750 Taiwanese students voluntarily participated in the study. Quantitative findings showed the presence of genderstereotypes of engineers, specific types of engineers, and major conceptions of engineers in the drawings. Qualitativefindings indicated that family members and mass media strongly influenced students’ conceptions. Overall, most findingswere supported by previous research results. However, the information on the proportion of stereotypes, types, andconceptions of engineers was unique to the current study.