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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Pág<strong>in</strong>a 642 de 957<br />

Lighten<strong>in</strong>g 0.76 0.64 0.43 0.48 0.26 3.93<br />

Ecosystem 0.89 0.80 0.32 0.39 0.25 3.66<br />

Recommendations and future research plans<br />

There will be a cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g effort to run similar projects for primary and secondary school<br />

students. This effort needs to be strengthened by professional development of teachers<br />

and a unit on eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g education added <strong>in</strong>to teacher education programmes.<br />

Susta<strong>in</strong>able courseware can only exist with teacher support.<br />

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Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs of <strong>Research</strong> <strong>in</strong> Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />

Madrid, 4 th - 7 th October <strong>2011</strong>

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