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Schmidt, Karsten; Winsløw, Carl – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2021
A central problem in undergraduate mathematics education for future engineers consists in the perceived and actual relevance of the mathematical content. One strategy to strengthen both is to let students experience how that content appears in posing and solving authentic problems from the field of engineering which the students have signed up to…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Engineering Education, Mathematics Activities, Undergraduate Students
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Mette Fentz Haastrup; Line Laursen Corydon; Berit Elisabeth Alving; Thomas Kaarsted – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2025
This theory paper proposes "Involving Students in Participatory Research in Education" (INSPIRE), a pedagogical framework for curriculum-based citizen science (CS) activities within citizen humanities at high schools. From an instructional perspective, this framework can support teachers, researchers and CS educators in developing an…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Student Centered Learning, Citizen Participation, Humanities
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Bettina Dahl; Hans Hüttel; Jakob Gulddahl Rasmussen; Morten Grud Rasmussen – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2023
Many universities throughout the world apply student-centered approaches. Common to these is that projects, problems, challenges etc. stem from "real life". Mathematics is an effective tool to solve problems, but in this paper, we discuss how we reconcile the fact that mathematics is both a pure and an applied discipline with…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Centered Learning, Universities, Problem Solving
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Aadland, Torgeir; Aaboen, Lise – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
The future engineer is labelled an entrepreneurial engineer, having networking, teamwork, opportunity recognition, creativity, risk management, and discipline-specific skills. Therefore, entrepreneurship education is being increasingly introduced in engineering education. The various educational designs used to introduce entrepreneurship education…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Engineering Education, Authentic Learning, 21st Century Skills
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Tiemensma, Britt Due; Rasmussen, Connie Stendal – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2019
Entrepreneurship Education often emphasizes the practical applications of competencies. This article aims to collect findings on entrepreneurship education linked to democratic formation in primary education as experienced by teacher students. Based on a model from the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship and theories on democratic formation and…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Democracy, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education
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Dan Grabowski; Katrine K. Rasmussen – Health Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore different kinds of authenticity in four health courses for adolescents. In school-based approaches to health education it is often difficult to present health in ways that make sense and appeal to adolescents. Authenticity, as a health-pedagogical concept which focuses on the quality or condition of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Health Education