Outreach initiatives operated by universities for increasing interest in science and technology
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016
Since the 1990s, the low number of students choosing to study science and technology in higher education has been on the societal agenda and many initiatives have been launched to promote awareness regarding career options. The initiatives particularly focus on increasing enrolment in the engineering programmes. This article describes and compares eight European initiatives that have been established and operated by universities (and in some cases through collaboration with other actors in society). Each initiative is summarised in a short essay that discusses motivation, organisation, pedagogical approach, and activities. The initiatives are characterised by comparing the driving forces behind their creation, how the initiative activities relate to the activities at the university, size based on the number of participants and cost per participant and pedagogical framework. There seem to be two main tracks for building outreach activities, one where outreach activities are based on the university's normal activities, and one where outreach activities are designed specifically for the visiting students.
Outreach
engineering education
pre engineering education
outreach initiatives
Författare
Lena Gumaelius
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH)
Monica Almqvist
Lunds universitet
Anna Árnadóttir
Lunds universitet
A. Axelsson
Lunds universitet
J. Alberto Conejero
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV)
José P. García-Sabater
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV)
Lene Klitgaard
Aalborg Universitet
Cecilia Kozma
Alba Nova Universitetscentrum
Julien Maheut
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV)
Juan Marin-Garcia
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV)
Henrik Mickos
Per-Olof Nilsson
Chalmers, Tillämpad informationsteknologi, Avdelningen för ingenjörsutbildningsvetenskap (EER)
Agneta Norén
Stockholms universitet
Margarida Pinho-Lopes
University of Southampton
Manfred Prenzel
German Council of Science and Humanities
Technische Universität München
Johanna Ray
Technische Universität München
Torgny Roxå
Lunds universitet
Mirjam Voss
TUMlab im Deutschen Museum
European Journal of Engineering Education
0304-3797 (ISSN) 1469-5898 (eISSN)
Vol. 41 6 589-622Ämneskategorier
Pedagogik
DOI
10.1080/03043797.2015.1121468