DocumentCode
2640841
Title
Work in progress - academic and social barriers to Black and Latino male collegians in engineering
Author
Strayhorn, Terrell L.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
18-21 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Using a constructivist approach, in-depth qualitative interviews with 49 men were analyzed to identify academic and social barriers to their success in engineering. Three themes were identified: ¿Invisible Man¿ syndrome in the classroom, lack of support with few same-race peers and faculty, and difficulty translating curriculum into personal interests. Findings have implications for broadening STEM participation.
Keywords
engineering education; prejudicial factors; African American; academic barrier; black male collegian; constructivist approach; engineering success; invisible man syndrome; latino male collegian; social barrier; Appropriate technology; Chemistry; Data analysis; Databases; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; National security; Statistics; Switches; Testing; African American; Latino; college; engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
Conference_Location
San Antonio, TX
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4715-2
Electronic_ISBN
0190-5848
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2009.5350534
Filename
5350534
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