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Early education and its effect on students who desire to research their own topics before joining laboratories
Author(s) -
Yamauchi Masayuki,
Tanioka Tomomi,
Masui Yoshihiro,
Araki Tomoyuki,
Taniguchi Tetsuji,
Toyota Hiroshi,
Koike Masaki,
Maeda Shunji,
Ozaki Toru,
Tanaka Takeshi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ieej transactions on electrical and electronic engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1931-4981
pISSN - 1931-4973
DOI - 10.1002/tee.22670
Subject(s) - club , liberal arts education , psychology , engineering , mathematics education , medical education , engineering management , engineering ethics , sociology , higher education , political science , medicine , law , anatomy
This paper examines a new approach to help students select areas of interest in electrical and computer engineering at Hiroshima Institute of Technology. Students are usually expected to select areas of interest after completing 2.5 years of courses covering engineering fundamentals and liberal arts. Many students desire to have opportunities to investigate research topics and potential areas of specialization earlier than this. To support these students, 2 years ago we created two programs: Tech‐ners Jr. and Techno‐club. In this paper, we report on the outline and significance of the first generation of students in Techno‐club by analyzing their final data and questionnaire results. © 2018 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.