- Title
- Widening the participation of disadvantaged students in engineering
- Creator
- Sciffer, Scott; Shah, Mahsood
- Relation
- International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education Vol. 4, Issue 1, p. 1-13
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJQAETE.2015010101
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- The University of Newcastle, Australia has a long history of providing enabling education which provides access and opportunity for students to participate in undergraduate education. The enabling programs at the University allow higher school leavers, and mature aged adults to prepare for undergraduate degrees. Students who complete enabling education at the University undertake undergraduate studies in various disciplines including engineering. This paper outlines the extent to which enabling programs have played an important role in widening the participation of disadvantaged students in engineering disciplines. The different levels of academic preparedness of students in enabling programs and barriers faced in learning require effective strategies for teaching and engaging students in learning. The paper outlines the strategy used in teaching an advanced level of mathematics to the diverse groups of students to prepare them for success in first year undergraduate engineering programs. While research on undergraduate engineering education is significant, limited studies have been undertaken on enabling or university preparatory programs and their impact in various professions.
- Subject
- academic performance of students; disadvantaged students in engineering; enabling education; widening participation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1330691
- Identifier
- uon:26454
- Identifier
- ISSN:2155-496X
- Language
- eng
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