O processo de ensino-aprendizagem em um curso de engenharia mecânica: Uma perspectiva docente.

Abstract

Nowadays, with the new world order, more skills are required for the engineers, in a more complex and unpredictable work environment, with more dynamism and technological advances. In spite of this context, passive teaching techniques, focused on content, are still the most used for Engineering teaching, which generates an uncertainty about the ability of the egresses to overcome the challenges imposed. The active teaching methodologies are a proposal to modify the education model and aim to facilitate learning, with the student's involvement in the construction of own knowledge. The present work proposes the study of the most used teaching methodologies in a graduation course of Mechanical Engineering in the countryside of the state of Minas Gerais. To obtain the data, a research-type survey was conducted through an online form. Composed of open and closed questions,this form was answered by 23 of the institution's 28 professors (82.14%). The dialogued expositive class and the practical class are the most applied teaching techniques by the respondents (23.16% and 16.84%, respectively). In addition, 43.48% said they are satisfied with their current teaching methodology and 78.26% intend to change or adapt their classes. From the research, it was also observed the importance of the discussion and implementation of new teaching methodologies, aiming to improve the integration among teachers, students and the Institution, in order to improve the quality of the education offered. Thus, through the renewal of educational action, the objective is to implement teaching methodologies that contribute to the training of engineers able to face the challenges of the 21st Century Market.