An Australian Study of Possible Selves Perceived by Undergraduate Engineering Students

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Dawn; Male, Sally A.
Titel	An Australian Study of Possible Selves Perceived by Undergraduate Engineering Students
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 42 (2017) 6, S.603-617 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bennett, Dawn) ORCID (Male, Sally A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2016.1208149
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Models; Workshops; Occupational Aspiration; Student Attitudes; Personal Narratives; Qualitative Research; Phenomenology; Science Careers; Science Education; Technical Occupations; Self Concept; Identification (Psychology); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Ausland; Analogiemodell; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Schülerverhalten; Erlebniserzählung; Qualitative Forschung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Selbstkonzept; Australien
Abstract	In this study, we worked with second-year engineering students at an Australian university to examine previously identified threshold concepts within the theoretical framework of Possible Selves. Using workshops as the context for intensive work with students, students were encouraged to consider their future lives and work, including their engineering fears, expectations, and aspirations. The findings revealed many students to have a poor understanding of the realities of engineering work. Moreover, perceived gaps between self-efficacy and the requirements of engineering work appeared to be motivating if students deemed it possible to reduce the gap, but demotivating if they identified a characteristic over which there was perceived to be no control. The study suggests that these engineering students needed more opportunities to explore both the roles of engineers and their own possible selves. Overall, the findings indicate that higher education students may need encouragement and support to explore potential future roles, and they strengthen calls for further research in this area. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01