期刊名称:International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy
电子版ISSN:2192-4880
出版年度:2013
卷号:3
期号:S1
页码:16-21
DOI:10.3991/ijep.v3iS1.2407
出版社:International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP) in cooperation with Kassel University Press GmbH
摘要:Universidade Júnior is a very large educational program for the promotion of knowledge among pre-university children and teenagers launched in 2005 by U.Porto. This extremely popular initiative is currently attracting around 5000 students per year for a variety of learning activities and small research projects offered by the 14 Faculties of U.Porto during July and September. Besides providing a foretaste of university life and vocational orientation, they also give the youngsters a strong incentive to continue their studies into higher education and a knowledge-based career. A key element to the success of this process is the mentoring activity that is developed at two levels: between faculty and the junior tutors and between these and the young students.