4 th Techno TN Forum 4 th - 5 th May 2007 WG 1 Theme 3 How to attract students from secondary level to scientific studies
General image SCHOOL UNIVERSITY Industry Society
Topics discussed Image of science and engineering cultural integration image of the field image of the profession image of university Pedagogy schools university „games”, projects… Labour market salaries status of profession jobs society needs ageing population
Conclusions European landscape very diversified (different trends in different countries) Crucial: Image of sci & eng in society as fields as professions
To Do Important role of media work with schools, improve pedagogy etc. modify university curricula/pedagogy graduates should be able to communicate with non-specialists promote good practice
Recommendation for Techno TN To create a work group within Techno TN including representatives of networks (persons who are interested in the topic) double purpose: to create a repository of good practice to prepare projects for 7 FP (Science in Society), LLP (Comenius/Erasmus/Transversal measures)… etc.