ERIC Number: EJ1163507
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Students' and Teachers' Perceptions: Initial Achievements of a Project-Based Engineering School
Terrón-López, María-José; Velasco-Quintana, Paloma-Julia; García-García, María-José; Ocampo, Jared R.
European Journal of Engineering Education, v42 n6 p1113-1127 2017
A unified academic model based on the project-based learning (PBL) methodology was implemented, in the 2012-2013 period, in the School of Engineering at Universidad Europea de Madrid. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether teachers and students participating in the capstone projects feel that the objectives for which this methodology was designed for are being achieved. The data were collected through interviews to participants at the end of the PBL experience. The results are encouraging, as students seem to be more motivated, and they say that they are experiencing deeper learning, and have developed key competitive skills required for their professional lives. Findings also suggest that teachers face positively the PBL as a learning approach since they perceive that students obtain a deeper learning, develop transversal skills with the projects and are more engaged with their studies. Implications and recommendations for the future of the model are also discussed.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning, Student Projects, Engineering, Engineering Education, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Curriculum, Learner Engagement, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Semi Structured Interviews, Teamwork, Program Implementation, Teaching Methods, College Students, Mixed Methods Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain (Madrid)
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