TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching Community Engagement to Engineers via a Workshop Approach
AU - Woodson, Thomas S.
AU - Harsh, Matthew
AU - Bernstein, Michael J.
AU - Cozzens, Susan
AU - Wetmore, Jameson
AU - Castillo, Rafael
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was undertaken with support from The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU), funded by the National Science Foundation (cooperative agreement Nos. 0531194 and 0937591). The findings and observations contained in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the university faculty, staff, and participants at the universities that hosted the workshops. The authors also recognize the efforts of the various community groups that gave their time and expertise to help us develop the workshop.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Engineers design and create solutions to solve problems and positively impact people's lives. Unfortunately, traditional engineering training does not prepare students to engage with the people in the community where they will work. This creates an engagement gap between the skills of engineers and their ability to communicate with a community to solve problems. To decrease this engagement gap, the authors developed a community engagement workshop that introduces engineering graduate students and early professionals to the complexities and challenges of community engagement and development. During the 2-day workshop, participants engaged in a variety of exercises that helped them to listen to their community partners, look beyond the technology, and empower the community. This article describes the workshop's learning objectives, design, activities, and implementation challenges as a resource for educators developing programs to train socially engaged engineers.
AB - Engineers design and create solutions to solve problems and positively impact people's lives. Unfortunately, traditional engineering training does not prepare students to engage with the people in the community where they will work. This creates an engagement gap between the skills of engineers and their ability to communicate with a community to solve problems. To decrease this engagement gap, the authors developed a community engagement workshop that introduces engineering graduate students and early professionals to the complexities and challenges of community engagement and development. During the 2-day workshop, participants engaged in a variety of exercises that helped them to listen to their community partners, look beyond the technology, and empower the community. This article describes the workshop's learning objectives, design, activities, and implementation challenges as a resource for educators developing programs to train socially engaged engineers.
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000416
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000416
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065826005
VL - 145
JO - Issues in Engineering: Journal of Professional Activities, Proceedings of the ASCE
JF - Issues in Engineering: Journal of Professional Activities, Proceedings of the ASCE
SN - 1052-3928
IS - 4
M1 - 06019001
ER -