This webpage describes a Phase 2 NSF
sponsored CCLI project at the University of
Texas at El Paso. In this project, faculty
scholars from the College of Education who
are scholars in discourse and literacy have
joined faculty from the College of
Engineering to develop, implement and
evaluate a process that integrates an
iterative process of reflective teaching and
learning. Engineering literacy, discourse,
and student and faculty metacognition are
achieved through counterintuitive
engineering case modules as a mechanism to
actively engage students and instigate
inquiry. Students and faculty together are
building a community of learners as students
move toward becoming more informed,
responsible learners with faculty who guide
the inquiry, questioning and reflection.
Our major project goals and objectives are:
(1) To enhance student understanding and
synthesis of engineering concepts. We plan
to achieve this goal by developing
curriculum content integrated with inquiry
pedagogy, and determine if students are
developing metacognitive behaviors and if
these metacognitive behaviors and abilities
make them more successful.
(2) To enhance faculty pedagogical
practices. We plan to achieve this goal by
changing faculty belief systems to one of
embracing inquiry-based pedagogy, and by
determining if faculty are developing
metacognitive behaviors. We will also
develop a process for on-going, continuous
professional development (as a support
system) for faculty.
(3) To create a model that embraces best
practices using lessons learned. We plan to
achieve this goal by identifying essential
elements of embedded case models, essential
elements of inquiry based professional
development for changing belief systems, and
essential elements of ongoing, continuous
professional development.
For more information on the project that you
don’t find in this webpage, or if you would
like to participate in the project, please
visit this link
and complete the form.
Project Principal Investigators:
Dr. Louis Everett, Mechanical Engineering,
UTEP,
leverett@utep.edu
Dr. Arun Pennathur, Industrial Engineering,
UTEP,
apennathur@utep.edu
Dr. Violet Jones, Teacher Education, UTEP,
vjones@utep.edu
Dr. Kerrie Kephart, Teacher Education, UTEP,
kkephart@utep.edu
Ms. Elsa Villa, Teacher Education, UTEP,
evilla@utep.edu