TY - GEN
T1 - Developing Postdoctoral Scholar and Graduate Student Mentorship Ability
AU - Zhao, Zhen
AU - Carberry, Adam
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant EEC-144950). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this study are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors would also like to acknowledge the leadership team of the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), the overall project's evaluation team from the Arizona State University Office of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness, and the postdoctoral scholars and graduate students who completed the survey and/or participated in the study's interviews.
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Abstract— This research full paper presents a mixed methods study in developing the professional skills of engineering postdoctoral scholars and graduate students. It has been well documented that mentorship ability is crucial for mentee-mentor pairs in educational settings. The ability to be a mentor is a valuable professional skill for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students regardless of the career path taken following their education. How postdoctoral scholars and graduate students themselves develop an ability to mentor has not been widely researched. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) provide summer mentoring opportunities, including Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students (REU), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), and Young Scholars Program (YSP), for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students to learn and practice how to be a mentor. A major challenge associated with this opportunity is the belief that such activities are not a valuable time investment. This belief can come from both the postdoctoral scholar or graduate students and their advisors. This paper presented a mixed methods study to investigate how practicing mentorship impacts the development of various professional skills for those involved in ERC Summer Programs.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant EEC-144950). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this study are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors would also like to acknowledge the leadership team of the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), the overall project’s evaluation team from the Arizona State University Office of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness, and the postdoctoral scholars and graduate students who completed the survey and/or participated in the study’s interviews.
Funding Information:
This paper aims to address this research gap by taking a look at whether participation in mentoring opportunities helps postdoctoral scholars and graduate students develop their mentoring skills. The study was conducted on engineering postdoctoral scholars and graduate students associated with a National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) to investigate the impacts of a short-term, lab-based, summer mentoring experience.
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PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - This research full paper presents a mixed methods study in developing the professional skills of engineering postdoctoral scholars and graduate students.}{It has been well documented that mentorship ability is crucial for mentee-mentor pairs in educational settings. The ability to be a mentor is a valuable professional skill for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students regardless of the career path taken following their education. How postdoctoral scholars and graduate students themselves develop an ability to mentor has not been widely researched. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) provide summer mentoring opportunities, including Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students (REU), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), and Young Scholars Program (YSP), for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students to learn and practice how to be a mentor. A major challenge associated with this opportunity is the belief that such activities are not a valuable time investment. This belief can come from both the postdoctoral scholar or graduate students and their advisors. This paper presented a mixed methods study to investigate how practicing mentorship impacts the development of various professional skills for those involved in ERC Summer Programs.
AB - This research full paper presents a mixed methods study in developing the professional skills of engineering postdoctoral scholars and graduate students.}{It has been well documented that mentorship ability is crucial for mentee-mentor pairs in educational settings. The ability to be a mentor is a valuable professional skill for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students regardless of the career path taken following their education. How postdoctoral scholars and graduate students themselves develop an ability to mentor has not been widely researched. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) provide summer mentoring opportunities, including Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students (REU), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), and Young Scholars Program (YSP), for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students to learn and practice how to be a mentor. A major challenge associated with this opportunity is the belief that such activities are not a valuable time investment. This belief can come from both the postdoctoral scholar or graduate students and their advisors. This paper presented a mixed methods study to investigate how practicing mentorship impacts the development of various professional skills for those involved in ERC Summer Programs.
KW - Engineering research centers
KW - Graduate students
KW - Mentorship
KW - Postdoctoral scholars
KW - Summer programs
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8659253
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8659253
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063438042
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - Frontiers in Education
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 48th Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2018
Y2 - 3 October 2018 through 6 October 2018
ER -