Mentoring Activities in a Summer School

Authors

  • José Couto Marques Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
  • Maria Teresa Restivo IDMEC-Polo FEUP and Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto
  • Maria Fátima Chouzal IDMEC-Polo FEUP and Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v3iS1.2407

Keywords:

competencies development, educational programs at STEM level, multidisciplinary activities, youth mentoring

Abstract


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.

Author Biographies

José Couto Marques, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Maria Teresa Restivo, IDMEC-Polo FEUP and Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto

M. T. Restivo is with Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia and with UISPA Research Unit at IDMEC-Pólo FEUP, Porto, Portugal

Maria Fátima Chouzal, IDMEC-Polo FEUP and Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto

M. F. Chouzal, is with Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia and with UISPA Research Unit at IDMEC-Pólo FEUP, Porto, Portugal

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Published

2013-02-09

How to Cite

Marques, J. C., Restivo, M. T., & Chouzal, M. F. (2013). Mentoring Activities in a Summer School. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 3(S1), pp. 16–21. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v3iS1.2407