Engineering Education Research (EER) Resource Page
Engineering Education Research (EER) Resource Page
Engineering Education Research began sporadically, largely before other disciplines. The administrative structure allowing EER to systematically flourish is relatively new, and is largely now established: the performance-based outcomes for students (mandated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), with similar ones from the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board) have had tremendous downstream effects.
For better and worse, EER is largely focused on undergraduate education, unlike most other STEM disciplines which start in the K-12 levels. This has shaped the landscape to be well-focused on undergraduate EER, but at the cost of a greater difficulty for grants (especially within Canada) and a smaller breadth of literature.
Journal |
Publication Period |
Impact Factor (2018) |
Scope |
|
Journal of Engineering Education |
4/year |
3.244 |
Research and engineering-focused |
|
Engineering Studies |
3/year |
0.952 |
Very general, includes some education research |
|
International Journal of Engineering Education |
6/year |
0.43 |
General, includes research |
|
Chemical Engineering Education |
4/year |
0.31 |
Includes some research, engineering-focused |
|
Journal of Research in Science Teaching |
10/year |
3.135 |
Research-focused in sciences, readerships are researchers, then practitioners |
|
Science Education |
6/year |
2.897 |
International, general science (includes curriculum, policy, etc.) |
|
International Journal of Science Education |
18/year |
1.255 |
Early childhood education to university, general science |
|
American Education Research Journal |
6/year |
3.170 |
Research-focused, very general, also accepts DBER |
|
Educational Researcher |
9/year |
3.386 |
Research-focused, SAGE publications, general significance |
|
Studies in Higher Education |
12/year |
2.854 |
Higher education-focused, general or disciplinary applicability |
|
Research in Higher Education |
8/year |
1.961 |
Research-focused, broadly applicable work |
|
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education |
9/year |
1.027 |
Research-focused, mostly for work concerning multiple disciplines within science/math |
For education research applicable outside of engineering, please see this comprehensive annotated list:
https://teaching.mcmaster.ca/app/uploads/2019/08/Comprehensive-List-of-SoTL-Journals.pdf
Conferences
Conference |
Period |
Location |
Scope/notes |
|
Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference |
Annual, June |
Varies across Canada |
Some research, some practice/teaching tips |
|
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference |
Annual, October |
Varies across Canada |
Includes a symposium on chemical engineering education |
|
Western Conference for Science Education (WCSE) |
Biennial, summer |
Western University |
Sciences research and descriptions of university science teaching and learning. Western University, alternates with BCCE. |