Title :
Motivational education for science course
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Int. Liberal Studies, Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, a motivational education for lecturing a science course in a university has been described. It is a system that maximizes student strengths by increasing students´ self-esteem. The technique has to be taken on the faculty first and then to students. A case study of a Digital Circuits course which is conducted in English has been studied. It has been proven practically, as this technique has resulted in better performance by students at Toin Yokohama University (TYU), Japan.
Keywords :
digital circuits; educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; physics education; English; Japan; Toin Yokohama University; digital circuits course; motivational education; science course; student strengths; students self-esteem; university; Atmosphere; Conferences; Digital circuits; Educational institutions; Guidelines; Materials; “easy-win” subjects; desire to learn; discipline; interative operation control (IOC); motivational education; science course; self-esteem; student´s potential; the “rule of least effort”;
Conference_Titel :
Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2417-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2416-8
DOI :
10.1109/TALE.2012.6360291
