IMPROVING PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN THE NEW EHEA.

Abstract

The introduction of the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA) requires lecturers change or adapt their subject teaching plans and they have to apply a competency-based approach in different engineering degrees (industrial, computing, agriculture, forestry and mining). Because of this situation, several professors from the Universities of Huelva and Pablo OlavideofSeville, are conducting a set of innovative teaching experiences, aimed to find the most effective way to help students develop many of the project management skills, described in the IPMA ICB 3.0 international standard. In this communication,the fundamentals of these experiences, the main findings and conclusions areshown. It can be interesting to the lecturers and trainers who want to improve their teaching in project management. Keywords:teaching innovation; training in project management; project management skills development; EHEA adaptation;teacher effectiveness