Attracting Future Engineers: Students' Choices and Core Concepts in Secondary Education
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17631721" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17631721</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17631721" target="_blank" >10.5281/zenodo.17631721</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Attracting Future Engineers: Students' Choices and Core Concepts in Secondary Education
Original language description
The increasing demand for engineers in Europe requires a concerted effort to make engineering education more attractive and accessible. This workshop, organised under SEFI’s Special Interest Group (SIG) on Attractiveness, explores two crucial questions: (1) What factors influence students' decisions to pursue engineering throughout their educational journeys? and (2) Which core engineering concepts should be integrated into secondary education curricula? Discussing these questions is crucial because they strike at the heart of how we can strategically inspire and support the next generation of engineers. Participants in this workshop benefited by gaining a deeper understanding of the drivers of student choice and how curricular content at the secondary level can be optimised to nurture interest in engineering careers. Through interactive discussions, participants examined students' motivations, the influence of early education, and strategies to align secondary education with future engineering aspirations. The workshop aimed to foster collaboration among educators, researchers, and industry professionals to shape strategies that enhance engineering attractiveness.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2025)
ISBN
978-2-87352-029-8
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Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
1967-1972
Publisher name
University of Tampere
Place of publication
Tampere
Event location
Tampere
Event date
Sep 15, 2025
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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