COMPUTERS FOSTER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION FOSTERS COMPUTER SCIENCE - The Politecnico’s Approach

Dino Mandrioli, Aldo Torrebruno, Luisa Marini

2010

Abstract

The technical-scientific vocational crisis has become for several years a crucial issue within the scientific community. Nowadays in Italy this worrying matter mostly concerns ICT Universities and Faculties. Starting from the analysis of the situation and identifying some possible reasons, we focus on the vision and the concrete strategies of the Faculty of Information Technology Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. In particular, this paper introduces two kinds of projects: vocational guidance programs and habit change initiatives.

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Mandrioli D., Torrebruno A. and Marini L. (2010). COMPUTERS FOSTER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION FOSTERS COMPUTER SCIENCE - The Politecnico’s Approach . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-024-5, pages 289-296. DOI: 10.5220/0002793502890296


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@conference{csedu10,
author={Dino Mandrioli and Aldo Torrebruno and Luisa Marini},
title={COMPUTERS FOSTER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION FOSTERS COMPUTER SCIENCE - The Politecnico’s Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={289-296},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002793502890296},
isbn={978-989-674-024-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - COMPUTERS FOSTER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION FOSTERS COMPUTER SCIENCE - The Politecnico’s Approach
SN - 978-989-674-024-5
AU - Mandrioli D.
AU - Torrebruno A.
AU - Marini L.
PY - 2010
SP - 289
EP - 296
DO - 10.5220/0002793502890296