TY - GEN
T1 - Toward a National Agenda for Broadening Participation of African Americans in Engineering Computer Science
T2 - 48th Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2018
AU - Ash, Chanee D.Hawkins
AU - Lee, Walter
AU - London, Jeremi
AU - Holloman, Teirra
AU - Jew, Gilbert
AU - Halkiyo, Atota
AU - Watford, Bevlee
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation awards BPE-1647281 and BPE-1647327. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2019/3/4
Y1 - 2019/3/4
N2 - This 'work in progress' showcases the methodological processes underway in Phase II of a three-part study. In its entirety, the study aims to (1) critically assess and evaluate the current research-to-practice cycle as it relates to participation and success of African Americans in engineering and computer science, and (2) set a national agenda for broadening the participation of African Americans in these two fields. Phase II of this study consists of semi-structured interviews with approximately 60 subject-matter experts from the fields of K-12 education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and the engineering and computing workforce. This paper discusses the following processes: a) participant recruitment, screening, and selection, as well as, b) protocol development and piloting. Insights about our methodological approaches might be useful to others developing research designs intended to capture the perspectives of various stakeholders associated with similarly complex and multifaceted issues.
AB - This 'work in progress' showcases the methodological processes underway in Phase II of a three-part study. In its entirety, the study aims to (1) critically assess and evaluate the current research-to-practice cycle as it relates to participation and success of African Americans in engineering and computer science, and (2) set a national agenda for broadening the participation of African Americans in these two fields. Phase II of this study consists of semi-structured interviews with approximately 60 subject-matter experts from the fields of K-12 education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and the engineering and computing workforce. This paper discusses the following processes: a) participant recruitment, screening, and selection, as well as, b) protocol development and piloting. Insights about our methodological approaches might be useful to others developing research designs intended to capture the perspectives of various stakeholders associated with similarly complex and multifaceted issues.
KW - African Americans
KW - Computer science
KW - Engineering
KW - Instrumental case study
KW - Methods
KW - Participation
KW - Research agenda
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8659283
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8659283
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063525884
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - Frontiers in Education
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 3 October 2018 through 6 October 2018
ER -