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Interaction between course units: an experience in higher education
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Given the specificity of the Higher Professional Technical Courses (CTeSP) of Portuguese Polytechnic
Institutes, it is important that in the course units related to these courses is promoted, whenever possible,
a more contextualized learning environment, less theoretical and more connected to practice. In order
to respond to this approach, in the Safety and Environment course unit, integrated in the CTeSP in
Mechanical Technology and Vehicles, was followed a methodology that involved the interconnection of
this course unit with the one of Automotive Materials Processing I of the same course. It should be noted
that, in recent years, it is common for students to carry out a practical group work in the area of Safety
and hygiene at work, where they analyse, in a real context, the hazards and risks associated with
working with machine tools of the Mechanical Technology laboratory of the institution where they attend
the course. As in the 2nd semester, students still attend the Automotive Materials Processing I course
unit, where they produce a metal piece using industrial machines, also in the same laboratory, it was
considered relevant to take advantage of the work they were developing in that course unit and make a
connection with the Safety work. In this sense, in the 2020/2021 school year, it was proposed that
students identify hazards and risks associated with the production of the metal piece they were
developing, as well as establish preventive and control measures associated with its production
(engineering, collective protection and safety signs measures; personal protective equipment; work
organization and administrative control; training and information). From the analysis performed, the
students created a PowerPoint® presentation to show their productions and present their conclusions
to the class. In general, students easily adhered to the proposed task, having committed themselves to
its implementation, which was visible in the final assessment, since all those who participated in the
work were approved in the course unit. In the student’s opinion, the connection between the two course
units, motivated them more to carry out the group work, facilitated their learning and helped them to
better understand the application of Safety concepts to the practice of mechanics (79.2%, 75% and
83.3% agree or totally agree, respectively). Carrying out the group work, allowed them to know their
difficulties, overcome some of them and improve their arguments (79.2%, 83.3% and 95.8% agree or
totally agree, respectively). It is considered that the learning resulting from this contextualized work can
be useful, in order to promote a greater exchange between course units, and a greater awareness for
the application of the course contents in a real context. The experience carried out can be easily
replicated to other CTeSP and can significantly contribute as a learning factor for the internship that
integrates the study plan of these courses.
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Higher education Learning in context Interconnection Safety Laboratories
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Citação
Silva, Flora; Barros, Paula Maria; Ribeiro, J.E. (2021). Interaction between course units: an experience in higher education. In ICERI2021 - 14th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. p. 4473-4478. ISBN 978-84-09-34549-6
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IATED Academy