Project based engineering school: evaluation of its implementation

  1. Gallego Ceide, Adrián 1
  2. García García, María José 1
  3. Terrón López, María José 1
  4. Velasco Quintana, Paloma Julia 1
  1. 1 Universidad Europea de Madrid
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    Universidad Europea de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04dp46240

Actas:
Seventh International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE' 2015). International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE)

Editorial: Aalborg University Press

ISSN: 21831378

ISBN: 9788771123050

Año de publicación: 2015

Páginas: 104-111

Tipo: Aportación congreso

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Resumen

The School of Engineering at Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM) implemented, starting at the 2012-2013 period, a unified academic model based on project-based learning (PBL) as the methodology used throughout the entire School. This model expects that every year, in each grade, all the students should participate in a capstone project integrating the contents and competencies of several courses. This paper presents an evaluation of its implantation from the students point of view. The results are encouraging as students are more motivated and the initial set objectives were accomplished

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