?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.205045&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+professional+identity+development+of+university+students+in+a+STEM+outreach+program&rft.creator=Barrett%2C+Maria+June&rft.subject=Community+of+Practice&rft.subject=Graduate+attributes&rft.subject=Outreach&rft.subject=Professional+identity&rft.subject=STEM&rft.subject=Student+ambassadors&rft.description=This+thesis+investigated+the+professional+identity+development+of+university+student+ambassadors+in+an+extra-curricular+STEM+outreach+program.+It+further+explored+learning+outcomes+in+the+form+of+graduate+attributes+enhanced+through+the+program.+In+addition+to+knowledge+and+skill+development%2C+the+program+facilitated+student+professional+identity+formation+through+building+of+self-image+and+confidence+in+capabilities%2C+and+affirmation+and+reevaluation+of+career+pathways.+This+research+provides+new+perspectives+on+enablers+for+learning+and+professional+identity+development+that+resulted+from+the+on-the-job+training+and+feedback+from+peers+that+occurred+in+the+supportive+%E2%80%98safe+space%E2%80%99+of+the+outreach+program.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2020&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F205045%2F1%2FMaria_Barrett_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.205045&rft.relation=Barrett%2C+Maria+June+(2020)+The+professional+identity+development+of+university+students+in+a+STEM+outreach+program.+Professional+Doctorate+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F205045%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education