A paradigm shift is needed in the way we promote engineering in schools to reach out to different student groups, says a new paper by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
The report, Five Tribes: Personalising Engineering Education, is calling on government, teachers, industry and science technology engineering and maths (STEM) organisations to take into account young people’s diverse values and attitudes to try and inspire them about engineering. Noting that whatever we have been doing “isn’t working”, Peter Finegold, head of Education and Skills at…
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