TITLE: TEACHING SELF-AWARENESS, DIVERSITY AND REFLECTION TO SUPPORT AN INTEGRATED ENGINEERING CURRICULUMAUTHORS: E. TILLEY, J. PETERS, J.E. MITCHELL

GLOBAL NEED =-

WELL – ROUNDED ENGINEERING GRADUATES

GOOD ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, SUPPLEMENTED WITH…

• High level analytical & critical thinking skills;

• Communication & teamwork skills; and

• Sound understanding of engineering & business practice.

UCL INTEGRATED ENGINEERING PROGRAMME In-te-gra-ted (adjective)

1. combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole (Oxford Dictionary)

Design & Professional

Skills

Mathematical Modelling & Analysis

Integrated Engineering

Discipline Specific Module

IEP Year 1

YEAR 1: INTEGRATED ENGINEERINGIn-te-gra-ted (approach)

1. introduce engineering problems starting in Year 1, and bring the math and science (and communication and economics and ethics) in context of the problems and the projects (Felder, 2012)

Integrated Engineering

2. PRACTICE

1. TEACH

3. REFLECT

PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING = IE ‘CHALLENGES’

THE EXTRA BIT: TEACHING SELF-AWARENESS

“What am I good at?”

“What are my core values?”

“What are my natural talents?”

“When do I perform at my best?”

“Why did I choose to study engineering?”

“How do I spend my free time?”

“Who inspires me?”

“Who do I enjoy collaborating with and why?”

“What motivates me?”

“How do I learn best?”

“What sets me apart?”

“What’s my dream job?”

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0 … BETTER THAN ITS PREDECESSORS

HISTORIC ‘ENGINEER’ PROFILES

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0 … A WIDER VOCABULARY & A COMMON LANGUAGE

My “Top 5 Strengths” are …

Gallup Press

Executing Influencing Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

AchieverArranger

BeliefConsistencyDeliberativeDiscipline

FocusResponsibility

Restorative

ActivatorCommand

CommunicationCompetitionMaximiser

Self-AssuranceSignificance

WOO (winning others over)

AdaptabilityDeveloper

ConnectednessEmpathyHarmonyIncluder

IndividualizationPositivityRelator

AnalyticalContext

FuturisticIdeation

InputIntellection

LearnerStrategic

StrengthsFinder2.0 – Strengths based Leadership, Tom Rath & Barry Conchie (Gallup Press)

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0 … A WIDER VOCABULARY & A COMMON LANGUAGE

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0 … INSIGHT INTO THE STRENGTHS OF THE YR1 EEE COHORT

Executing

Relationship Building

Influencing

Strategic Thinking

ACHIEVER

COMPETITION

PILOT

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0 … FOR TEAM-WORK & LEADERSHIP IN ‘SCENARIOS’

PILOT

A LOT OF IT’S ABOUT…

Communication

Communication

Communication

… AND FOR SUPPORTING TEAM DYNAMICS & DYNAMIC TEAMS

PILOT

TEAM DYNAMICS & STRENGTHS GAPS… AN EXAMPLE – THE PERFECT TEAM

Executing Influencing Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

AchieverBelief

DeliberativeResponsibility

AdaptabilityConnectedness

HarmonyIncluderRelator

AnalyticalFuturisticIdeation

InputIntellectionStrategic

PILOT

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0… FOR LEADERSHIP & DYNAMIC TEAMS

“Leading beyond Authority” (J, Middleton, 2007)for Dynamic Teams

PILOT

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0… FOR CHOOSING ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

IDEO, Kelley & Littman, 2005

• Skills Audit & Deployment

• Natural preferences• Talents & interests

PILOT

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0… FOR MOTIVATION

D. Pink, 2010

PILOT

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0… FOR IMPROVING DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY

UCL Global Citizenship Programme

Gender Equality

“A tool to improve mutual respect among students, whilst offering a vocabulary to voice and de-personalise frustrations when working together.” Jan Peters, Katalytic Inc.

PILOT

1-99 employees 100-999 employees

1000+ Average

Communication skills 88 86 82 86

Team-working 85 84 84 85

Integrity 81 86 82 83

Intellectual ability 81 84 78 81

Confidence 80 81 78 80

Character / personality 81 79 60 75

Planning / organisational 74 72 75 74

Literacy 68 67 75 71

Numeracy 68 67 69 68

Analysis and decision making

64 73 67

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0… FOR EMPLOYABILITY

PILOT

UCL Engineering Intentional Learning Plan (ILP):

• a living document• focus student’s own learning • personal reflection and

portfolio of evidence• demonstrate personal

potential to lead and be led by future employers

• record of people, events etc. to support learning and attaining future goals

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0… FOR REFLECTION & PLANNING

PILOT

STRENGTHSFINDER2.0… PERSONAL TUTOR SUPPORT

PILOT

UCL FACULTY WIDE PERSONAL TUTOR PROGRAMME “Often the role of personal tutor is lost by the end of Term 1, if you haven’t established a good relationship with your student. Talking to the students about their personal strengths, their ILP and short & long term goals has helped to keep discussions going throughout the year”.

G Roberts, UCL Engineering