They already do it: common practices in primary education thatengineering education should use

摘要

The author's intent in this paper is to summarize observations ofpractices used in lower elementary education that need be considered foruse in engineering education on a broader basis. He does not proposethat adult collegiate learners can be taught the same way as childrenlearners in kindergarten and lower elementary school. Of course, greatand significant differences exist in motivational drive, maturity ofcognitive skills and extent of experience. However, all students of allages are driven by certain incentives to learn: (1) basic interest orcuriosity in a subject, the yet to be known; (2) fear of failure or oflosing something; (3) rewards such as employment or salary increase orpromotion; (4) to please others, like parents; (5) just for fun-likeplay, it is done for its own sake