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The development of engineering education research: a UK based case study

Natalie Wint, Abel Nyamapfene Orcid Logo

European Journal of Engineering Education, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 1 - 24

Swansea University Author: Natalie Wint

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/03043797.2022.2121686

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This work adopts a case study approach to examine the emergence of engineering education research (EER) within the UK. First, a summary of the contextual factors influencing UK EER activity are presented. This section includes information pertaining to higher education (HE) policy, existing networks...

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Published in: European Journal of Engineering Education
ISSN: 0304-3797 1469-5898
Published: Informa UK Limited 2022
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61013
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Abstract: This work adopts a case study approach to examine the emergence of engineering education research (EER) within the UK. First, a summary of the contextual factors influencing UK EER activity are presented. This section includes information pertaining to higher education (HE) policy, existing networks, and funding opportunities. Semi structured interviews are used to investigate who identifies as an engineering education researcher or is involved in engineering education research; how they define engineering education as a field of research; who they consider their audience to be; and the factors that inform their research questions, methodologies, whom they choose to collaborate with and where they disseminate their work. The findings are discussed in relation to the social, political, and economic systems in which engineering education exists. The study reveals a landscape in which EER research is largely unfunded, and is primarily conducted by intrinsically motivated academics who concentrate on topics of personal interest or local context, and who do not usually collaborate or publish within journals.
Keywords: Engineering education research, UK, scholarship, researcher identity
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 2
Start Page: 1
End Page: 24

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