An experience with varied teaching methodologies at mechanical engineering program

• Autores: Inmaculada Ortigosa
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 34, no. Extra 4, 2018, págs. 1285-1288
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article presents an experience of teaching a course in the second year of a Mechanical Engineering program. Namely,Strength of Materials which is a course of 6 ECTS points. The objective is to improve the learning process, to developstudents ‘competences and skills and to create opportunities for interaction among students and lecturers. Several activelearning strategies have been applied in the course. Numerous approaches have been incorporated in the lectures, makinguse of varied teaching methodologies such as master class, active learning (AL) and problem-based learning (PBL). Theactions introduced in the practical lectures are focused in program specific and professional competences related to theacademic discipline, it aimed also to train core and cross-cultural competences such as management of information, teamwork and development of technical reports. At the end of the course a questionnaire was administered in order to analysewhich of these activities is the one students believe has the greatest influence on the learning process.