Investigation of elementary-school students’ perception of engineering using drawing analysis

• Autores: Feng-Kuang Chiang, Li Li, Rui heng Cai, Shan Wang
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 36, no. 1 (Parte A), 2020, págs. 241-255
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become a popular academic model in recent years.Engineering education has been emphasized in the Next Generation of Science Standards (NGSS). A lack of career guidance hasbecome a common problem in engineering education. Hence, it is pertinent to investigate how students understand the career inengineering so that their interests and abilities can be developed strategically. In this study, a drawing analysis method was adoptedto investigate students’ perceptions of engineering in an elementary school in Beijing. ADraw an Engineer Test(DAET) wasconducted to 512 students from 15 classes in grades two to six. Our findings reveal that many students held a narrow view of acareer in engineering. For example, younger students typically believed that engineers work in construction sites, whereas olderstudents typically regarded engineers as designers or technicians. There were significant differences in the perception of engineeringamong students in different grades and different gender a. We also found that experiences in life and social networks, but notteaching in school, were most frequently used channels for students to understand engineering.