Date of Award
January 2015
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Engineering Education
First Advisor
Monica E. Cardella
Committee Member 1
Șenay Purzer
Committee Member 2
Morgan Hynes
Committee Member 3
Linda S. Lee
Committee Member 4
Gina N. Svarovsky
Abstract
Broadening participation from a diverse set of individuals is one of the central tenets of engineering education research. Interest in a potential occupation is influenced by knowledge and familiarity as a child reaches adolescence. However, studies have shown that most children have limited information regarding engineers, and this lack of knowledge can often persist into adulthood. Parents are the predominant source of occupational information for young children, and researchers hypothesize that parents socialize their children to be predisposed to their own occupation through informal interactions such as conversations. This is highly evident in the phenomena of occupational inheritance that is prevalent within engineering families.
Recommended Citation
Dorie Brinkman, Brianna Louise, "Conversation Analysis of Engineering Parents' Occupational Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs" (2015). Open Access Dissertations. 1341.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1341