Active learning in practice: an experience between graduate and undergraduate students in an extra-class activity

Authors

  • Gabriel Pereira Gouveia da Silva Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos.
  • João Paulo Eguea Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos.
  • Kandice Suane Barros Ribeiro Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos.
  • Luciana Montanari Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-376X.v4i1p159-165

Keywords:

Active Learning, Teaching and Learning, Mechanical Engineering Drawing

Abstract

Active learning methods are techniques based on the active construction of knowledge, focusing on the student. The education of graduate students to be teachers that will able to use such methods is necessary in the current scenario of higher education. The concept of active learning was presented to the graduate students in the Pedagogical Preparation course, offered by the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering of the São Carlos School of Engineering (PPGEM-EESC-USP). To put the presented methodologies into practice, the graduate students were invited to act as knowledge mediators in an extra-class activity for the Mechanical Engineering Drawing I course (DTM I), offered to undergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering at EESC- USP. The activity was developed for 4 consecutive weeks, with the voluntary participation of 4 postgraduate students and 14 undergraduate students. The performance of undergraduate students participating in the activities improved when compared to the previous test and was also superior to the average performance of all students in the class. From the perspective of graduate students, the activity provided an experience of planning and executing a lesson plan based on active learning methods. The academic results of undergraduate students and the report of graduate students show how such activities are a way of improving teaching and learning, highlighting the benefit provided by the integration between undergraduate and postgraduate students in the context of training future higher education teachers.

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Published

2020-07-23

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SILVA, Gabriel Pereira Gouveia da; EGUEA, João Paulo; RIBEIRO, Kandice Suane Barros; MONTANARI, Luciana. Active learning in practice: an experience between graduate and undergraduate students in an extra-class activity. Revista de Graduação USP, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 4, n. 1, p. 159–165, 2020. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2525-376X.v4i1p159-165. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/gradmais/article/view/172758.. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2024.