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Mesocurriculum modernization of a chemical engineering program: The case of a high-impact regional university in Colombia 化学工程课程的中课程现代化：以哥伦比亚一所影响巨大的地区大学为例

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.06.002

David Gómez-Ríos, Howard Ramírez-Malule, Nilson Marriaga-Cabrales

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An institutional modernization project in chemical engineering education in Brazil: Developing broader competencies for societal challenges 巴西化学工程教育机构现代化项目：培养应对社会挑战的更广泛能力

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.04.003

Bruno Ramos, Moisés Teles dos Santos, Ardson S. Vianna Jr., Luiz Kulay

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A competency-based chemical engineering curriculum at the University of Campinas in Brazil 巴西坎皮纳斯大学以能力为基础的化学工程课程

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.04.001

Luís Fernando Mercier Franco, Aline Carvalho da Costa, Ambrósio Florêncio de Almeida Neto, Ângela Maria Moraes, Elias Basile Tambourgi, Everson Alves Miranda, Guilherme José de Castilho, Gustavo Doubek, José Vicente Hallak Dangelo, Leonardo Vasconcelos Fregolente, Liliane Maria Ferrareso Lona, Lucimara Gaziola de La Torre, Luz Adriana Alvarez, Mariana Conceição da Costa, Patricia Fazzio Martins Martinez, Roberta Ceriani, Roger Josef Zemp, Roniérik Pioli Vieira, Rubens Maciel Filho, Sávio Souza Venâncio Vianna, Raphael Soeiro Suppino

{"title":"A competency-based chemical engineering curriculum at the University of Campinas in Brazil","authors":"Luís Fernando Mercier Franco, Aline Carvalho da Costa, Ambrósio Florêncio de Almeida Neto, Ângela Maria Moraes, Elias Basile Tambourgi, Everson Alves Miranda, Guilherme José de Castilho, Gustavo Doubek, José Vicente Hallak Dangelo, Leonardo Vasconcelos Fregolente, Liliane Maria Ferrareso Lona, Lucimara Gaziola de La Torre, Luz Adriana Alvarez, Mariana Conceição da Costa, Patricia Fazzio Martins Martinez, Roberta Ceriani, Roger Josef Zemp, Roniérik Pioli Vieira, Rubens Maciel Filho, Sávio Souza Venâncio Vianna, Raphael Soeiro Suppino","doi":"10.1016/j.ece.2023.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ece.2023.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Engineering education is being called upon to move to a student-centered teaching. New challenges demand a curriculum that considers a set of competencies to enable engineers to learn autonomously and to develop solid technical and relevant soft skills. We present a top-down methodology for developing a competency-based curricula, which was employed to conceive a new chemical engineering curriculum at the University of Campinas. Our methodology is based on four main steps: i) definition of the desired profile of students with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and their underlying competencies; ii) delineation of learning-experiences itineraries; iii) a macro conception of the curriculum entailing the logical-temporal arrangement of its learning-experiences itineraries; and the iv) establishment of each curricular component with its learning objectives. This new curriculum is integrated into the external society by experiences that engage students to practice social responsibility and develop technology based on the needs of society. Graduates’ profile and competencies were defined based on extensive surveys. We discuss how active learning methodologies can be an intrinsic part of the curriculum development process and how assessment strategies must fit the learning goals established for each curricular component. Finally, we discuss the current challenges of implementing and evaluating a competency-based curriculum.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48509,"journal":{"name":"Education for Chemical Engineers","volume":"44 ","pages":"Pages 21-34"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48307170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Student experiences from virtual reality-based chemistry laboratory exercises 学生体验基于虚拟现实的化学实验练习

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.06.004

Panu Viitaharju, Minna Nieminen, Jarno Linnera, Kirsi Yliniemi, Antti J. Karttunen

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Impact of Jupyter Notebook as a tool to enhance the learning process in chemical engineering modules Jupyter Notebook作为一种工具对化学工程模块学习过程的影响

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.06.001

J. Bascuñana, S. León, M. González-Miquel, E.J. González, J. Ramírez

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Exploring the Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Chemical Engineering Education: Building Core Course Problem Models 探索大语言模型(LLMs)在化学工程教育中的应用:构建核心课程问题模型

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.05.001

Meng-Lin Tsai, Chong Wei Ong, Cheng-Liang Chen

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Overview of the current situation relating to chemical engineering degree courses 化工学位课程现状综述

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.02.001

María-Fernanda López-Pérez , Ma Ángeles Larrubia , Alejandro Fernández , Julià Sempere

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Reassessment of petroleum engineering education: Is it the end of an era or a new start? 石油工程教育的再评估:是一个时代的结束还是一个新的开始?

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.01.003

Tayfun Babadagli

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Polyphenol extraction from olive leaves to show Chemical Engineering students the importance of revaluating residues while improving their hands-on experience 从橄榄叶中提取多酚，向化学工程专业的学生展示在提高动手经验的同时重新评估残留物的重要性

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.01.002

Inmaculada de Dios-Pérez , Celia Nieto , Milena A. Vega , Eva Martín del Valle

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A laboratory experiment on preparation of 3PbO·PbSO4·H2O using less solvent solid state reaction for undergraduate students 采用少溶剂固相反应制备3PbO·PbSO4·H2O的实验研究

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Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.02.003

Helin Wang , Can Liu , Helong Jiang , Zhiliang Guo , Yingping Zheng , Qi Qi , Lixu Lei

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