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Proposal of an Educational Design to Improve High School Science Students’ Motivation to Enroll in a University’s Department of Science and Engineering

Authors:
Yuto Omae
Katsuko T. Nakahira
Hirotaka Takahashi

Keywords: educational design; perception; motivation; micro-insertion; teaching science

Abstract:
Many Japanese students pursuing science and engineering majors drop out of the program due to a lack of motivation to learn. One reason is students' declining interest in science or engineering, mainly because their career goals are vague. Helping students make better choices when choosing a university/department by increasing their motivation is an effective way to improve this situation. One approach is to provide stimuli that increase students' interests and provide them with a feeling of satisfaction. Changing the educational environment is one way to provide these stimuli. We assume that students' motivation to study science and technology will increase if we contribute to constructing these environments. In this paper, we propose an educational design including micro-insertion to improve students’ motivation.

Pages: 27 to 30

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: March 22, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4197

ISBN: 978-1-61208-390-2

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from March 22, 2015 to March 27, 2015