The Development of Sustainable Engineering with PjBL during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Published:2023-03-01
Issue:5
Volume:20
Page:4400
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ISSN:1660-4601
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Container-title:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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language:en
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Short-container-title:IJERPH
Author:
Hayashi Victor Takashi1ORCID, Arakaki Reginaldo1ORCID, Almeida Felipe Valencia de1ORCID, Ruggiero Wilson Vicente1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908, Butantã 05508-010, SP, Brazil
Abstract
Sustainable Engineering education must provide cyber-physical and distributed systems competencies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The COVID-19 pandemic caused profound impacts arising from a traditional on-site teaching model rupture and demanded distance learning for engineering students. In this context, we considered the following Research Questions (RQ): How can Project Based Learning (PjBL) be applied in hardware and software courses from the Engineering curriculum to foster practical activities during the COVID-19 pandemic? Is the student performance in the fully remote offering comparable to the face-to-face offering? (RQ1); Which Sustainable Development Goals are related to the Engineering students’ project themes? (RQ2). Regarding RQ1, we present how PjBL was applied in first-, third- and fifth-year Computer Engineering Courses to support 31 projects of 81 future engineers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Student grades in a Software Engineering course indicate no relevant differences between student performance in remote and face-to-face offerings. Regarding RQ2, most Computer Engineering students from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo in 2020 and 2021 decided to create projects related to SDG 3—Good Health and Well-being, SDG 8—Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 11—Sustainable Cities and Communities. Most projects were related to health and well-being, which was an expected behavior according to how health issues were brought into highlight during the pandemic.
Funder
Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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