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Title
A pathway from school to university - reaching down to build up
Author/Creator
Hingston, June;  Sher, Willy;  Williams, Anthony;  Dosen, Annemarie S.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Architecture and Built Environment
Description
The transition from school to university is a challenging one for students. In recent years engineering disciplines have found it difficult to attract secondary school leavers despite the real-world opportunities on offer. This paper describes a program to attract school students to engineering and built environment disciplines by providing them with opportunities to enter a gifted and talented scheme. The scheme involves the delivery of a first year built environment university course to a limited number of year 10, 11 and 12 students. It aims to attract high-achieving school students (especially females) to these programs by allowing them to take a first year course whilst completing their secondary school studies. The paper describes the ways in which the students engaged with their studies, and the support they received from the university and schools. The paper summarises student and staff feedback and concludes by identifying generic strategies that support such initiatives.
Relation
21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2010). Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (Sydney 5-8 December, 2010) p. 552-558
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http://aaee.com.au
Date
2010
Publisher
University of Technology (UTS)
Keyword(s)
high school;  university;  engineering;  pathways;  secondary education
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/933341
Identifier
ISBN:9780646546100
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