Naslov
Supporting economically disadvantaged students from Nicaragua in STEM-C fields

Autori
Bojić, Iva ; Arratia, Juan ; Podobnik, Vedran ; Grgić, Mislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2016) / - Erie (PA) : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016, 1-4

Skup
2016 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2016)

Mjesto i datum
Erie (PA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 12.10.2016. - 15.10.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
informal and formal education ; Puerto Rico ; project based learning

Sažetak
Even students who are provided with currently best available education in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (STEM-C) fields are having problems coping with living in the modern world where technological advancements happen on a daily basis, let alone students coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. In a world where institutions offering formal education have to collaborate with individuals and groups of people interested in providing informal education, it is of a vital importance to set up good examples and share them with communities that are less experienced. In this paper we present how Student Research Development Center’s (SRDC) best practices of establishing a pre-college pipeline for young economically disadvantage minority students, who are interested in STEM-C fields, from Puerto Rico are being transferred to Universidad Catolica de Nicaragua (UNICA). The goal of the paper is to show how we developed a partnership between Puerto Rico and Nicaragua, and used lessons learnt in Puerto Rico to involve undergraduate and pre-college students from Nicaragua in research program using project based learning in STEM-C fields.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Računarstvo

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