Active methodology in chemistry for engineering: Learning, teamwork and effective communication

Abstract

The society needs competent engineers, because they are who most will contribute to solve their problems. The effective communication is an important skill, but, in the at engineering's case is more important. If, at the university, the teachers, apply appropriate methodology, it is possible to improve the student´s communicative and other skills. When the students can express ideas, in their own language is good, but it is better if they can also express it in another language. Thinking about that, at Piura's University we decided to implement a hybrid learning methodology in Chemistry course, for Industrial and System Engineering career. We are doing it for about three semesters, and this paper, try to show the student´s perception about this innovation.