Simulación de experiencias profesionales en las fases de diseño, contratación y construcción mediante el aprendizaje basado en proyectos

Abstract

Traditional learning techniques have shown that these do not encourage engineering students to develop their skills. Instead, Project Based Learning (PBL) methodology involves students in problem design and resolution, giving students the opportunity to work autonomously in the development of real projects. This communication presents a teaching innovation project whose objective is to implement the PBL methodology in three courses of Civil Engineering Degree: Projects, Occupational Risk Prevention and Work Organization, and Business Management. For this purpose, engineer's professional experiences are simulated during the infrastructure life-cycle, such as the design of a solution and the development of a design project, its procurement process, and the subsequent planning of the construction work. The results highlight that students successfully achieved the generic competences and learning outcomes, especially the learning outcome related to the creativity and design. In addition, students consider that they have improved their ability to design thanks to the change in methodology.