PARTICIPACIÓN EN CONCURSOS COMO METODOLOGÍA PARA LA ENSEÑANZA BASADA EN PROYECTOS EN INGENIERÍA EN DISEÑO INDUSTRIAL Y DESARROLLO DE PRODUCTOS

Abstract

Project-based learning is a teaching methodology used today in enginnering education for its capacity to facilitate the acquisition of competences, such as the ability to research, decision-making, teamwork, self-development, etc. To do this, choosing a project that is able to sufficiently motivate students becomes a key point, since the higher the student's motivation to perform well a project, the greater their involvement and, therefore, their learning will be. The Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering of the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón is using, in several subjects and from a few years ago, the participation in contests as teaching methodology for the project based learning. This paper shows a study based on the experience in these subjects on the advantages of this type of teaching resource