DocumentCode
629047
Title
Motivating youngsters for engineering study
Author
Hrad, J.
Author_Institution
Dept. af Telecommun. Eng., Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
fYear
2013
fDate
30-31 May 2013
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
220
Abstract
This paper introduces a nationwide project, the purpose of which is to extend collaboration between technical universities and secondary schools and to motivate prospective university students to enter an engineering branch. It describes specific steps and key activities that should make engineering education, science and research more popular and attractive for youngsters who are deciding about their future career.
Keywords
educational institutions; engineering education; human factors; engineering study; nationwide project; prospective university students motivation; secondary schools; technical universities; youngsters motivation; Abstracts; Collaboration; Communications technology; Decision support systems; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Engineering education; engineering education; motivation; research; science; secondary schools; technical universities;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
EAEEIE Annual Conference (EAEEIE), 2013 Proceedings of the 24th
Conference_Location
Chania
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0042-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EAEEIE.2013.6576533
Filename
6576533
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