Influence of engineering instructors’ teaching and learning beliefs on pedagogies in engineering science courses

• Autores: Maura Borrego, Jeffrey E. Froyd, Charles Henderson, Stephanie Cutler, Michael Prince
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 29, no. Extra 6, 2013, págs. 1456-1471
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study explored how academics’ beliefs about teaching and learning influenced their teaching in engineering science coursestypically taught in the second or third year of 4-year engineering undergraduate degrees. Data were collected via a national surveyof 166 U.S. statics instructors and interviews at two different institutions with 17 instructors of engineering science courses such asthermodynamics, circuits and statics. The study identified a number of common beliefs about how to best support student learningof these topics; each is discussed in relation to the literature about student development and learning. Specific recommendations aregiven for educational developers to encourage use of research-based instructional strategies in these courses.