Title | Are there gender differences in the value that civil and environmental engineering students place on service provided through service-learning projects? |
Publication Type | Conference Paper and Presentation |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Lens, JE, Dewoolkar, MM |
Conference Name | GeoCongress 2015 |
Date Published | 2015/03 |
Conference Location | San Antonio, TX |
Abstract | Service learning (SL) is a teaching and learning approach that couples service to a community partner with academic learning for students. Often the objectives of SL courses include academic or technical enhancement, civic engagement, and development of personal and interpersonal skills. A key component of SL is critical reflection, which is expected to help the students understand the significance of civic engagement as well as course contents. The civic engagement aspect of this educational approach aligns well with the service-oriented nature of the civil engineering profession. SL projects have been conducted in the civil and environmental engineering capstone senior design course at the University of Vermont since 2006. Students submit written semi-guided reflections on their experience at the conclusion of the course. The student reflections from 2011 through 2014 (n = 154 male and 61 female from a total of 50 different SL projects) were analyzed to assess if there is any difference in the attitude toward SL between male versus female students. The results of this analysis are presented here. Read More: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784479087.199 |
DOI | 10.1061/9780784479087.199 |
Are there gender differences in the value that civil and environmental engineering students place on service provided through service-learning projects?
Status:
Published
Attributable Grant:
RACC
Grant Year:
Year4
Acknowledged VT EPSCoR:
Ack-No