Conference paper Gold Open Access 2010

Project-based learning in engineering higher education: Two decades of teaching competences in real environments

DL
de los Ríos-Carmendo, Ignacio Des Ios
 CM
Cazorla Montero, Adolfo
 DJ
Díaz-Puente, José M.
 YB
Yagüe Blanco, José Luis
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Conference · Vol. 2 · Issue 2 · pp. 1368-1378
Abstract

This paper presents an educational methodology of cooperative project-based learning. This methodology emerges in the final years of the undergraduate programme of the Technical University of Madrid. The paper focuses on the evolution of this experience up to its insertion in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), incorporating the project management competences of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and broadening its scope to an entire educational strategy for undergraduate and graduate programmes. The results show how the methodology provides three main advantages: (1) it facilitates training in technical, personal, and contextual competences; (2) real problems in the professional sphere are dealt with; and (3) collaborative learning is facilitated through the integration of teaching and research. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Competence-based training Project-Based Learning collaborative learning engineering higher education personal competences

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Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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