Project-Mentoring: a gender-sensitive teaching and learning module in Engineering and Technology with interdisciplinary references
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Attracting more young people, particularly young women, into ET, is a keyelement in contemporary higher education in Europe. Moreover, the Bologna process, as well as the changing fields of activities for engineers, reveal new challenges in living up to the requirements of change processes in a sustainable manner. Therefore teaching and learning concepts are needed which
• focus on integrative enhancement of interdisciplinary and personal skills
serve to increase young people’s interest in ET and attract new peer groups (particularly women)
connect theory and their translation into practical action
sensitize students to self-reflection and life-long-learning
strengthen school-university networks
Project-Mentoring as one example is based on the mentoring relationship between students (in their role as mentors) and secondary school pupils (in their role as mentees). It combines a classic mentoring approach with technical and engineering projects. The objectives mentioned above are supported by the structure of the module: project seminars (contents among others: interdisciplinary aspects, gender awareness and technical skills), development of individual research topics and projects stimulating individual learning and development processes. Project- Mentoring is aimed at secondary school pupils, in order to share the fascination of technology and for them to gain insight into the university. The educational concept, its objectives and curricular integration will be presented, as well as the research design, the empirical findings so far, and their impact on the questions under discussion at the HELENA conference.
• focus on integrative enhancement of interdisciplinary and personal skills
serve to increase young people’s interest in ET and attract new peer groups (particularly women)
connect theory and their translation into practical action
sensitize students to self-reflection and life-long-learning
strengthen school-university networks
Project-Mentoring as one example is based on the mentoring relationship between students (in their role as mentors) and secondary school pupils (in their role as mentees). It combines a classic mentoring approach with technical and engineering projects. The objectives mentioned above are supported by the structure of the module: project seminars (contents among others: interdisciplinary aspects, gender awareness and technical skills), development of individual research topics and projects stimulating individual learning and development processes. Project- Mentoring is aimed at secondary school pupils, in order to share the fascination of technology and for them to gain insight into the university. The educational concept, its objectives and curricular integration will be presented, as well as the research design, the empirical findings so far, and their impact on the questions under discussion at the HELENA conference.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | GIEE 2011: Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers |
| Editors | André Béraud, Anne-Sophie Godfroy, Jean Michel |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Place of Publication | Rotterdam |
| Publisher | Sense Publishers |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Pages | 131-146 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-94-6091-981-7 , 978-94-6091-980-0 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-94-6091-982-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | GIEE HELENA Conference 2011: Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers - HELENA Higher Education Leading to Engineering and scientific careers, Paris, France Duration: 23.06.2011 → 24.06.2011 |