IMPROVING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS

The aim of this work is to share the processes carried out to change the subject of "Environmental Technology" in the Grade in Mechanical Engineering at Defense University Center (University of Vigo). The teachers want to improve the students' learning process including new strategies. Such strategies are based on the consideration of different learning styles, such as cooperative learning or active learning, and on the incorporation of a dynamic of work with webquest, project based learning, etc. Moreover, the students have to prepare mandatory project team assignments in groups. Finally, different modalities of assessment of the strategies, such as peer tutoring, rubrics or questionnaires will be carried out.