SURVEY RESULTS OF TEACHERS' ATTITUDES ABOUT ENGINEERING

Teacher Survey Results

Demographics of respondents:   Survey Results
Strongly disagree
 		 Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
1. Engineers need to be good at math and science.
3.4% 0.6% 1.3% 29.2% 65.5%

2. Engineering can be a way to help teach students science.
2.8% 1.0% 4.6% 38.7% 52.9%

3. Engineers spend a lot of time working alone.
15.5% 48.9% 23.8% 9.8% 2.0%

4. Engineers are interesting people.
1.0% 1.7% 16.5% 52.7% 28.2%

5. Engineering has a large impact on my daily life.
1.0% 0.8% 3.9% 27.3% 67.0%

6. Engineering can be a way to help teach students history.
1.0% 3.3% 16.6% 55.4% 23.7%

7. A basic understanding of engineering is important for understanding the world around us.
0.9% 2.4% 5.9% 50.1% 40.7%

8. Understanding more about engineering can help me become a better teacher.
0.8% 1.3% 7.0% 46.0% 44.8%

9. Engineers spend a lot of time working with machines and instruments of technology.
1.3% 4.5% 11.0% 60.9% 22.3%

10. Engineers are creative people.
0.7% 1.2% 6.5% 45.4% 46.3%

11. Engineering can be a way to help teach students about business.
0.8% 3.7% 15.7% 59.3% 20.6%

12. Engineers need to be good at thinking creatively.
0.8% 0.8% 4.8% 45.0% 48.5%

13. A basic understanding of technology is important for understanding the world around us.
0.5% 1.2% 2.2% 44.6% 51.6%

14. Engineering has a large impact on the well-being of the country.
0.6% 0.3% 3.1% 29.3% 66.7%

15. Engineering can be a way to help teach students language arts.
1.3% 7.2% 28.6% 47.1% 16.0%

16. Engineers need to be good at communicating and working well in groups.
0.6% 0.5% 4.1% 43.1% 51.9%

17. Engineers do boring things.
32.9% 43.5% 16.4% 6.1% 1.0%

18. Engineers spend a lot of time working with people.
1.3% 3.0% 19.5% 60.6% 15.7%

19. I feel comfortable talking about engineering in my classroom.
2.0% 6.7% 12.1% 36.6% 42.6%

20. My students would be interested in learning about engineering.
0.7% 1.8% 12.4% 51.8% 33.3%

21. Engineering can be a way to help teach students math.
0.6% 0.2% 1.9% 39.0% 58.3%

22. Engineers are fun people.
0.5% 2.2% 31.4% 51.4% 14.5%

23. Engineering can be a way to help teach students ethics.
0.5% 3.0% 17.4% 53.2% 26.0%

24. Engineers love their work.
0.7% 0.5% 31.2% 51.2% 16.4%

25. Majoring in engineering is harder than majoring in English.
1.9% 10.8% 25.9% 32.1% 29.3%

26. Majoring in engineering is harder than majoring in finance.
1.5% 11.6% 32.7% 31.8% 22.4%

27. Majoring in engineering is harder than majoring in sociology.
1.4% 9.6% 24.4% 32.3% 32.2%

28. Majoring in engineering is harder than majoring in biology.
2.0% 17.4% 44.0% 24.5% 12.1%

29. I know enough about medicine to help students decide if they should be physicians.
12.0% 35.7% 23.9% 22.3% 6.0%

30. Through determination and education, anyone who wants to could become a physician.
7.9% 36.1% 17.1% 30.5% 8.4%

31. Physicians make a lot of money.
0.5% 5.3% 20.7% 58.3% 15.3%

32. Physicians make people's lives better.
0.4% 1.0% 10.1% 69.6% 18.9%

33. I know enough about engineering to help students decide if they should be engineers.
2.0% 15.1% 16.3% 41.0% 25.5%

34. Through determination and education, anyone who wants to could become an engineer.
5.6% 28.4% 15.9% 37.1% 13.0%

35. Engineers make a lot of money.
0.7% 6.9% 37.0% 49.8% 5.6%

36. Engineers make people's lives better.
0.6% 0.2% 5.9% 54.7% 38.5%

37. I know enough about law to help students decide if they should be lawyers.
7.7% 35.5% 29.9% 22.9% 4.0%

38. Through determination and education, anyone who wants to could become a lawyer.
5.5% 31.0% 18.8% 35.6% 9.0%

39. Lawyers make a lot of money.
0.7% 4.5% 30.6% 49.0% 15.1%

40. Lawyers make people's lives better.
3.6% 17.5% 54.3% 22.5% 2.1%