True grit: Toward a culture of psychological preparedness in engineering education

Author

Pappas, Jordan ; Pierrakos, Olga ; Pappas, Eric ; Paterson, K.

Author_Institution

James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

764

Lastpage

766

Abstract

The rigors of engineering education present each student with a unique set of academic and psychological challenges. Established interventional strategies are typically focused on enhancing academic - rather than psychological - preparedness, potentially leaving many students vulnerable to various demotivating factors. Participants in this special session will collaborate to develop a nucleus of ideas to inform the future development of psychological preparedness strategies - interventions specifically designed to facilitate productive processes such as self-efficacy, self-discipline, resilience, and motivation.

Keywords

engineering education; human factors; psychology; academic challenge; academic preparedness; demotivating factors; engineering education; interventional strategy; motivation; productive process; psychological challenge; psychological preparedness strategies; resilience; self-discipline; self-efficacy; Context; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Psychology; Resilience; Student preparedness; motivation; psychology; resilience; retention; self-efficacy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Oklahoma City, OK

ISSN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2013.6684929

Filename

6684929