Influence on engineering students of a process integration model in practical classes

Abstract

The influence of developing an Innovation Programme in Practical classes, on the students and the novice teachers, is studied in the present work. This programme integrates different tasks and formative objectives (included in the proposed activities in the learning programme) and has been carried out in the subject “Mechanics of composite materials”, in the degree of Aeronautics engineering of University of Seville during the academic year 2011-2012. In the activity the students obtained a realistic vision of the contents studied in the theoretical classes and were in direct contact with them usingthe facilities and resources of a laboratory with high technological level. The knowledge of the students were also increased by doing tasks related with the production of composite materials parts, just as done in the Aeronautic industry. The programme is focused on the activities where the students learn, and also tries to be a way of improvement of how to teach for the novice teachers. This is the reason why the activity has been planned in teams (two expert teachers, responsible of the theoretical classes, and two novice teachers, responsible of the practical classes). In this paper we present the teaching experience as planned and developed. The results obtained in the evaluation, with several techniques that take into account the teachers and the students, are also shown. The evaluation is used as an essential element in the improvement of the learning programme and the teaching action.

Keywords

• prácticas
• investigación
• ingeniería
• docencia
• aprendizaje
• innovación