期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2015
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：As industries increase their preference for hiring engineers with creativity and innovative problemsolving, post-secondary institutions are developing their engineering program to incorporate an increased level of diversity among new students, widening their appeal to students of varied races, gender, talents, and skills. Studies show that grade school students are most interested in entering fields that involve creative and social aspects, however these are not characteristics that many students associate with engineering. Girls in particular express a preference for careers that involve helping and working with people, and are less interested in science and technology careers due to their perceptions of those fields. Our research also shows that even students who choose to enter engineering prefer to pursue social and sports-related activities in their spare time, regardless of gender. This paper demonstrates how engineering student hobbies and interests can be used to create engaging, cross-disciplinary projects for teaching first year design principles.
