Montserrat Alsina Aubach, María Pura Alfonso Abella, Nor Sidki Rius, Guillem Bel Roset, Roger Gaona Boixader
{"title":"Service-learning in engineering: analysis of students experiences in development cooperation","authors":"Montserrat Alsina Aubach, María Pura Alfonso Abella, Nor Sidki Rius, Guillem Bel Roset, Roger Gaona Boixader","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1456","url":null,"abstract":"For several years, engineering students from the Escola Politècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Manresa have been participating in development cooperation projects as activities of the non-governmental Organization Mining for Development, with the support of the Center for Development Cooperation of the UPC. Activities were carried out in several mining sites in South American countries, mainly in Bolivia and Peru. Although the motivation for the students may have been initially a desire for adventure and volunteering, the experience turned into meaningful learning, as intended by the faculty leading the project. This paper presents the findings of a study carried out to analyze how these experiences contributed to the learning of engineering students, within the framework of what is known as service learning. The study is based on the reports written by the students at the end of the experience and interviews conducted afterward when the experience had been fully internalized. The characteristic elements of service learning have been identified. In addition, the analysis revealed how the experiences had a significant impact on subsequent learning, even beyond the initially intended objectives.","PeriodicalId":305038,"journal":{"name":"Towards a new future in engineering education, new scenarios the European alliances of tech universities open up","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115638996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Montserrat Alsina Aubach, Roger Gaona Boixader, Guillem Bel Roset, Pau Ventura Alsina, David Fornell Rodríguez
{"title":"Service-learning experience through outreach and engagement with science and technology museums","authors":"Montserrat Alsina Aubach, Roger Gaona Boixader, Guillem Bel Roset, Pau Ventura Alsina, David Fornell Rodríguez","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1458","url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes and analyzes the service-learning experiences of various engineering students in two science and technology museums, over the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. The experience was based on the design and implementation of education and outreach activities and scaffolding material was provided. Student learning was significant not only in terms of content but also in terms of generic and transversal competencies. In addition, this service-learning model shows a good potential to address some of the problems in engineering today, such as the declining interest in engineering among school students. Thus, it can be a win-win model for all the agents involved: museums, university, the student himself and society in general.","PeriodicalId":305038,"journal":{"name":"Towards a new future in engineering education, new scenarios the European alliances of tech universities open up","volume":"327 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116641810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}