The Importance of Teaching Science and Technology in Early Education Levels in an Emerging Economy

Autor:	Roberto Ibarra, Lidia Vargas Osuna, Roumen Nedev, Benjamín Valdez Salas, Juan José Sevilla García, Eduardo Cabrera Cordova, Michael Schorr Wienner, Maria Amparo Oliveros Ruiz
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Medical education Technological change General Engineering Context (language use) medicine.disease Science education Preference Teaching science Political science Pedagogy medicine Attrition Science technology society and environment education Emerging markets Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Zdroj:	Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. 34:87-93
ISSN:	1552-4183 0270-4676
Popis:	In the context of technological dissemination sessions aimed at prospective students at the Polytechnic University of Baja California in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, the importance of engineering and its role in scientific and technological progress was stressed, as well as its role in scientific and technological progress as drivers of economic development in the region. A group of 2,154 students from 20 different institutions of public high school education answered a survey designed as an evaluation tool for a career path or technology area of interest. The survey results show that students have a low preference for engineering careers. Moreover, these results were augmented with an additional study on the high attrition of students in engineering schools in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, also conducted by the authors. It raises the importance of teaching science in the early education levels, which aims to prepare scientists and technologists needed for the development of research and innovation as a foundation for economic prosperity and welfare of an emerging economy such as Mexico.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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