Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes

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Autor(a) principal: Aquere, André Luiz
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Mesquita, Diana, Lima, Rui M., Monteiro, Simone Borges Simão, Zindel, Marcia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/18818
Resumo: Engineering learning processes are expected to develop technical and transversal competencies on students that are demanded by the engineering professional bodies. The need for the development of competencies raised an incremental interest in applying innovative approaches in Engineering education. One of the methodologies used in this context is Project-Based Learning (PBL). At the University of Brasilia, a course degree in Production Engineering was created having as a main reference the Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach. The use of PBL implies a change of behavior of teachers who play a main role of facilitators of competencies development, and of the students, who learn in a collaborative way, working with others in teams. Students’ working in team and developing a project during a semester will require effective coordination models. The objective of this paper is to propose a model of coordination among students’ teams based on project management knowledge. Furthermore, a qualitative approach is applied to evaluate the application of this model during one semester. The results show that a coordination model for student teams developing projects is important to support their learning process, which is not solely dependent on students, as teachers/tutors have an important role before, during and at the end of the project. The tutor is especially important, as he/she is responsible for supporting the teams in several project management dimensions. This is an essential support for students to know how to manage the team, communicate, define goals, carry out the activities on time, plan the milestones and understand the impact of their decisions. These competencies are also part of student learning and are an important part of engineering education.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
title Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
spellingShingle Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
Aquere, André Luiz
Design centric education
Project based learning
Project management in education
Coordination of student teams
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
title_short Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
title_full Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
title_fullStr Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
title_full_unstemmed Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
title_sort Coordination of student teams focused on project management processes
author Aquere, André Luiz
author_facet Aquere, André Luiz
Mesquita, Diana
Lima, Rui M.
Monteiro, Simone Borges Simão
Zindel, Marcia
author_role author
author2 Mesquita, Diana
Lima, Rui M.
Monteiro, Simone Borges Simão
Zindel, Marcia
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Aquere, André Luiz
Mesquita, Diana
Lima, Rui M.
Monteiro, Simone Borges Simão
Zindel, Marcia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Design centric education
Project based learning
Project management in education
Coordination of student teams
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
topic Design centric education
Project based learning
Project management in education
Coordination of student teams
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
description Engineering learning processes are expected to develop technical and transversal competencies on students that are demanded by the engineering professional bodies. The need for the development of competencies raised an incremental interest in applying innovative approaches in Engineering education. One of the methodologies used in this context is Project-Based Learning (PBL). At the University of Brasilia, a course degree in Production Engineering was created having as a main reference the Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach. The use of PBL implies a change of behavior of teachers who play a main role of facilitators of competencies development, and of the students, who learn in a collaborative way, working with others in teams. Students’ working in team and developing a project during a semester will require effective coordination models. The objective of this paper is to propose a model of coordination among students’ teams based on project management knowledge. Furthermore, a qualitative approach is applied to evaluate the application of this model during one semester. The results show that a coordination model for student teams developing projects is important to support their learning process, which is not solely dependent on students, as teachers/tutors have an important role before, during and at the end of the project. The tutor is especially important, as he/she is responsible for supporting the teams in several project management dimensions. This is an essential support for students to know how to manage the team, communicate, define goals, carry out the activities on time, plan the milestones and understand the impact of their decisions. These competencies are also part of student learning and are an important part of engineering education.
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