This paper draws upon a part of a research project aiming to analyze curricula elements and competencies related to professional practice, in order to contribute to the improvement of the quality of the training program in engineering courses. Data were collected through a general survey to students, teachers and professionals. This paper focus on professionals’ perspectives and the results show the relevance t...
First year Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) students have difficulties in establishing a clear picture of their future job as industrial engineers. Moreover, these students usually show a lack of proactivity and entrepreneurship attitude, as well as other transversal competences. To promote these competences among students, a team of teachers created a challenge for them which consisted in identifyin...
This paper presents the students??? perceptions about the interdisciplinary project implemented in the first year of the Integrated Master???s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) at the University of Minho, Guimar??es, Portugal. This project was supported by four curricular units (UCs): General Chemistry (GC); Calculus (C); Introduction to Industrial Engineering (IIE) and Computer Programming ...
Ao longo do Ensino Secundário é exigido aos alunos que desenvolvam posições críticas em relação a diversas temáticas, principalmente no início – 10º ano. É altura de formar opiniões mas também de as fundamentar. Durante o meu estágio na Escola Secundária de Oliveira do Douro, deparei-me com uma problemática presente nas disciplinas de Inglês e Espanhol – a aparente falta de motivação para partilhar ideias e opi...
Engineering learning processes are expected to develop technical and transversal competencies on students that are demanded by the engineering professional bodies. The need for the development of competencies raised an incremental interest in applying innovative approaches in Engineering education. One of the methodologies used in this context is Project-Based Learning (PBL). At the University of Brasilia, a co...
Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) is a continuous, flexible and dynamic area of engineering. Its intervention relates not only in manufacturing industry, but also in hospitals, education systems, transport systems, financial institutions, etc. Thus, there is the need to prepare students to the extended scope of IEM and the curriculum has to provide this broad vision. This range of IEM is evident in cu...
Motivation to Learn represents a prime driving force in Engineering Education. It encompasses a multitude of facets relating the learning process itself and the learning agents, namely students and teachers. Motivation is triggered both by learning agents inner strengths, level of interaction and particular perception of the learning objects relevance. This paper investigates the relevance of the project themes...
European Higher Education institutions have witnessed a great deal of change over the last decade (2000-2010). Most of the changes related to the Bologna Process demands: new structures and tools, quality assurance, social dimension, student mobility, lifelong learning and employability (EACEA Eurydice, 2010). These principles have a strong impact on policies and practices in the universities, not only on staff...
"Apresentação efetuada na 55ª Assembleia Mundial da International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET), em Glasgow, Scotland, 2011"
"Apresentação efetuada na 55ª Assembleia Mundial do International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET), em Glasgow, Scotland, 2011"
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