tailieunhanh - Project based learning: Application to a research master subject of thermal engineering

In this regard, problem-based learning is an efectve method to facilitate the acquisiton of transversal competences. This didactc methodology may be performed in terms of the individual or teambased learning (TBL) that is necessarily linked to a teaching-learning open system. An adaptaton of Project – Based Learning (PBL) to the thermal engineering studies, ., the project-based learning model, was designed for the Research Master subject of ‘Building Energetc Efficiency’. | Journal of Technology and Science Education PROJECT-BASED LEARNING: APPLICATION TO A RESEARCH MASTER SUBJECT OF THERMAL ENGINEERING María Elena Arce, José Luis Míguez-Tabarés, Enrique Granada, Carla Míguez, Antón Cacabelos Department of Mechanics Engineering, Thermal Engines and Fluids, Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, Spain , jmiguez@, egranada@, acacabelos@ Received June 2013 Accepted October 2013 Abstract The European Higher Educaton Area (EHEA) requires students to engage in more autonomous work. This autonomy is an outcome of the self-regulated learning process. Self-regulaton involves a self-management skill set that can cope with any adverse contngency and requires both knowledge of the available abilites and personal control to put these skills into acton. Learning the self-regulaton process is a critcal step in developing competences that enable the transformaton of mental apttudes into academic competences. However, it is necessary to modify the learning conditons to achieve self-regulaton in an adequate way. Thus, the academic authorites should empower skills that facilitate autonomous learning and contribute tools to student proactvity. In this regard, problem-based learning is an efectve method to facilitate the acquisiton of transversal competences. This didactc methodology may be performed in terms of the individual or teambased learning (TBL) that is necessarily linked to a teaching-learning open system. An adaptaton of Project – Based Learning (PBL) to the thermal engineering studies, ., the project-based learning model, was designed for the Research Master subject of ‘Building Energetc Efficiency’. Keywords – european higher educaton area, project based learning, autonomous learning, transversal competences ---------- 1 INTRODUCTION Measuring students’ work is a key metric in determining the design of academic planning. The amount of work that a student has to