Report of Application of PjBL in the Area of Electrical Power Systems with Undergraduate Students

Abstract

Abstract: Discussions about teaching and learning processes have gained evidence in higher education with the objective of reducing school dropouts and encouraging learning. This article aims to report the experience of applying project-based learning (PjBL). The active method was applied to a group of the final phases of the Electrical Engineering undergraduate course. During the work, the stages of the application of PjBL are discussed; the teaching methods used; the contextualization of the case; the challenges faced by the teacher; the academics resistance; the chosen project and its specifications; the applied evaluation method and for conclude; the teacher reports, referring to the skills and competence acquired by the students at the end of the process. The application of PjBL active methodology requires a great deal of development on the part of teacher and academics, increasing work time outside the classroom, but it presents good results in the learning process. At the end of the curricular component, from the teacher's perspective, when compared to the expository model, there are signs that support the improvement of theoretical learning, greater involvement and participation of academics, which contributes to the formation of graduates better adapted to professional challenges.

Keywords: Project based learning. Active methodology application in education. Experience report.