Adolescents' attitudes towards electronic engineering
The attitudes of 640 adolescents (aged 16–17) toward Electronic Engineering were surveyed by questionnaire. Students reported a number of negative attitudes in comparison with two other academic disciplines. It is considered that such attitudes originate in childhood and at school and have adverse consequences for recruitment into the subject.
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