Utilização da aprendizagem baseada em problemas na disciplina de Introdução à Engenharia de um Curso de Engenharia de Produção

Abstract

The first semester of an engineering course is difficult and complex due to disciplines of the basic cycle as calculus, physics and chemistry without any practical classes focused on engineering. Seeking to increase the interest in the areaa and the reduction of avoidance, was proposed in this paper the use of an alternative method of teaching new students in introduction to engineering classes in the course of management engineering in a brazilian federal university. Developing this work we used the problem-based learning (pbl) in order to allow students a greater depth on engineering with a less theoretical and more participatory approach. Two problems were applied; one with a general topic and another in a specific area. These cases were implemented in a class of forty eight students divided into nine groups of six students. After each application questionnaires were placed to monitor the ease of use of the proposed approach. The results showed a good acceptance of the use of pbl from an approval of over 70% students prefer this method to the traditional teaching model.