Interactivity and Information- Communication Technologies in Chemical Engineering Classes

A J Santiago,A F Machado,M G Muniz Washington,C E Da Silva

doi:10.4236/jss.2015.32002

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new contextualization of the so-called scientific method in teaching practices in science and engineering education. We report an objectification in information and communication technologies (ICT) for simulate the reaction rates during an class and its inclusion in the above-mentioned pedagogical purpose, that, in tune with the current realities of schools, rehearses reflections of a future with another horizon for teaching/learning engineering and other sciences.

Highlights

The basic goal of engineering is to establish physical models of the world around us and what is useful to the development of any project
As a recent National Science Board (NSB) workshop puts it: “The ubiquitous lecture is the bane of true learning, especially in observation-based, hands-on fields such as engineering.” [1]
We describe some activities in which information and communication technologies (ICT) leads to a class of basic-cycle engineering, readjusting the pedagogical idea for a school that has been reconfigured by digital technology

Summary

Introduction

The basic goal of engineering is to establish physical models of the world around us and what is useful to the development of any project. It is evident that the change will require an engineering education increasingly distant from the theoretical, expository and abstract method, and a laboratory for experiments in a more active way of learning, involving problem solving skills, team building, creativity, design and innovation. These concerns are neither new nor unique to engineering education. The goal of this work is to highlight the exploratory and experimental nature of the scientific method— in its constitutive elements and steps—as a technical-pedagogical path that leads the student to the discovery of processes and phenomena, while powered by its own personal rediscovery In this context, the laboratory, which is expanded and enriched in opportunities by ICT, is the bedrock. Such model implanted in classrooms signifies the conceiving of the pedagogical method in a new way, combining it with the scientific method

A Profile of the Classroom

The Proposed Methodology

Conclusions