Mentoring Activities in a Summer School

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

José Marques (Author) FEUP; Maria Teresa Restivo (Author) FEUP; Maria De Fátima Chousal (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy

Vol. 3 No. Special Issue: TaT'2012

Pages: 16-21

Publisher: Kassel University Press GmbH

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Educational sciences

CORDIS: Social sciences > Educational sciences

Other information

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v3iS1.2407

Abstract (EN): Universidade Júnior is a very large educational program for the promotion of knowledge among pre-university children and teenagers launched in 2005 by U.Porto. This extremely popular initiative is currently attracting around 5000 students per year for a variety of learning activities and small research projects offered by the 14 Faculties of U.Porto during July and September. Besides providing a foretaste of university life and vocational orientation, they also give the youngsters a strong incentive to continue their studies into higher education and a knowledge-based career. A key element to the success of this process is the mentoring activity that is developed at two levels: between faculty and the junior tutors and between these and the young students.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific