Sparking pupils' engineering interest with laboratory `techlab'

• Autores: O. Gleiche, H. Thye, K. Delto, H. Garbe
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 25, no. 3, 2009, págs. 485-492
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The authors claim that the pupils' laboratory TechLab at the Leibniz University Hanover is an answer to pupils' disinterest in technology, the negative image of technology and the insufficient technical education at school. A further aspect for the foundation of the laboratory is the growing demand of engineers, technicians and their educators. The analysis of an engineer's field of activity and the lack of pupils' knowledge is the basis of the concept of the laboratory. For an effective implementation of the concept it is necessary to bring the worlds of school and university together. Thus, the specific characteristic of the laboratory is the teamwork of scientists and teachers on the same level in order to get pupils interested in technology.