Engineering Education

Engineers must not only be able to create technical solutions but also do so ethically, with empathy, and with a recognition of how engineering plays a role in supporting equity (or not). Engineering education combines engineering contexts and education research to create new knowledge to understand and improve the development of engineers from P-12 (pre-school through final year of high school, i.e., primary and secondary education) through professional engineers with an emphasis on post-secondary education. It addresses key questions including: Who becomes an engineer? What is engineering and who decides? When do people become engineers? and How can educators best support engineering learning? Engineering education research conducted in CBE has direct applications in:

• Outreach to teach children about engineering and increase awareness of engineering careers
• Improving undergraduate and graduate education
• Diversifying the engineering workforce
• Understanding factors to support student success and pathways into and through engineering