期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2015
语种：English
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：An increase in student awareness of the engineering profession is needed to ensure students have the knowledge to make informed career choices, which may lead to achieving high-quality engineering graduates and diversifying the profession. One way to meet this demand may be ensure that pre-university students have sufficient knowledge of the engineering profession in order to make an informed decision in considering engineering as a possible choice for post-secondary study. The purpose of this research study is to understand the knowledge and/or perceptions that Grade 9 and Grade 10 students have about the engineering profession. While the study is a work in progress, this paper highlights an emerging trend from the early data analysis, indicating that students perceive a relationship between engineering and the skilled trades, but have difficulty distinguishing differences between the two. This relationship will be further investigated as the study progresses.
