Elementary school engineering, anchored in technical demanding missions, as motivating factor for children

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Elementary school engineering, anchored in
technical demanding missions, as motivating
factor for childrens tipping point experience
Magnus Wallenborg TekNO Uppsala University,
Sweden
Birger Brevik Akershus University College, Norway
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Uppsala Region
Ringerike Region
7 municipalities Population 300,000 K-6 pupils
20,000
3 municipatities Population 40,000 K-6 pupils
3,000
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The method of the project
Schools apply Pre-visit The school visit
Workshops for the teachers Networking Visit to
a local industry or workplace
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The Swedish TekNO - buss
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The Norwegian teknobuss
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• The mission
• Our missions are workplace
• related
• Simple to understand
• Time effective
• Stimulates high activities
• trough the whole work

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• Conditions
• Variable ages
• Variable grope size
• Variable physical spaces
• Variable adult support
• Variable knowledge
• Important to succeed
• Important to have enough time

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Summery