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Engineering Education In Hong Kong Secondary Schools - The Applied Learning Course Approach, Ken Hui
Engineering Education In Hong Kong Secondary Schools - The Applied Learning Course Approach, Ken Hui
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In Hong Kong, the efficacy of engineering education in secondary schools is always difficult to measure. This is mainly because there are limited engineering-oriented subjects and few teachers with backgrounds in engineering. Engineering education is often infused into the curriculum of secondary schools through science, technology and mathematics (STM) subjects. Students’ involvement in engineering related school-based and extracurricular activities are limited. Only a few technical schools in Hong Kong are offering engineering-oriented subjects such as Electronics & Electricity and Technology Fundamentals.
Some previous studies have identified that the lack of engineering education in secondary schools may affect the students’ aspiration …