Production Management Teaching Using Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Discrete-Event Simulation (DES)

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes Jaguaribe Pontes, Heráclito
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Holanda do Amaral, Bruno, Veras Rodrigues, Maxweel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Educitec
• Texto Completo: https://sistemascmc.ifam.edu.br/educitec/index.php/educitec/article/view/1244
• topic: Learning; Problem-Based Learning; Simulation; Production; Modernization of Education; Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas; Simulação; Produção

Recently, new challenges have been required in the labor market, such as greater systemic vision and problem-solving abilities. As a result, educational institutions have been encouraged to apply active learning methodologies. This study addresses a joint application of Discrete-Event Simulation (DES), through the Flexsim Software, and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as production management teaching tools for students in a Production Engineering course. To this end, a methodology was developed with three levels of problems to be solved in teams through the use of the simulator. Each level functioned as a PBL learning cycle. The experiment evaluation showed that 100% of the students agreed that the PBL methodology stimulated learning in the classroom and brought positive results to the elective course entitled “Simulation Applications in Production and Logistics Systems”. In the survey, 73.7% of the students agreed that, after the experiment, they felt capable in applying the simulation to solve problems. The Flexsim program received a very good overall average score, with the best performance being in the graphical interface criterion. Finally, the average score for the application of the methodologies was excellent, which characterizes a great result and highlights the benefits that these could bring if used more frequently and in other course subjects.