They expect to make inventions and lab work, but life as a science student is quite different.
images from the universities’ recruitment material for the technical and scientific education bears little resemblance to the reality that young people face in the universities, writes Forskning.no.
This creates frustration among new students. They expect the first day going out on expeditions, conducting experiments and making new inventions. Instead, they may drop out, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen.
Researchers interviewed 38 young people over three years – the last year of high school to the first year at university. All of them were confused in the face of the university.
– The universities may have been a little too eager to draw a glossy picture of students working in the lab. Therefore, new students surprised when they meet the teaching of mathematics and physics in large auditoriums, says Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard, postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Science Fund Didaktik, University of Copenhagen.
She believes both universities and students can do something to prevent disappointments. Students should seek information from other sources than the universities’ recruitment campaigns. Universities should first semester show what the subject is about and what relevance it has.
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