The Continuous Challenge in teaching Engineering to Studentsfrom a Society with no Tradition for Higher Education

The engineering programme in Arctic Technology from the Technical University of Denmark enrols students from Greenland and Denmark. Since the Greenlandic students underperformed and had a high drop-out rate, several initiatives have been initiated to help the weak Greenlandic students. The results a...

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Main Author: Christensen, Hans Peter
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Cultural differences
Basic sciences
Retention
Adapted teaching
Arctic
Greenland
greenlandic
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spelling ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/9906b35d-12dd-4588-83f1-89f548624b76 2023-05-15T14:58:58+02:00 The Continuous Challenge in teaching Engineering to Studentsfrom a Society with no Tradition for Higher Education Christensen, Hans Peter 2014 application/pdf https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9906b35d-12dd-4588-83f1-89f548624b76 https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/102747308/ALE_2014_HPc_v4.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Christensen , H P 2014 , The Continuous Challenge in teaching Engineering to Studentsfrom a Society with no Tradition for Higher Education . in Proceedings of the 12th Active Learning in Engineering Education Workshop . 12th Active Learning in Engineering Education workshop , Caxias do Sul, RS , Brazil , 20/01/2014 . Cultural differences Basic sciences Retention Adapted teaching contributionToPeriodical 2014 ftdtupubl 2022-08-14T08:19:54Z The engineering programme in Arctic Technology from the Technical University of Denmark enrols students from Greenland and Denmark. Since the Greenlandic students underperformed and had a high drop-out rate, several initiatives have been initiated to help the weak Greenlandic students. The results are analysed, and it is clear that even though the initiatives have proved popular, they have not fundamentally solved the problems in giving a higher education to young people from a society with a weak tradition for education. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland greenlandic Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit Arctic Greenland
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description The engineering programme in Arctic Technology from the Technical University of Denmark enrols students from Greenland and Denmark. Since the Greenlandic students underperformed and had a high drop-out rate, several initiatives have been initiated to help the weak Greenlandic students. The results are analysed, and it is clear that even though the initiatives have proved popular, they have not fundamentally solved the problems in giving a higher education to young people from a society with a weak tradition for education.
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