Impulso al talento docente a través de la innovación: 10 años de investigación del CIE

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Improving student retention and soft skills: faculty experiences on transitioning to active learning approaches on first-year engineering programs at Universidad Panamericana María del Carmen García Higuera, Rocío Chávez Tellería, Armando Alemán Juárez, Isabel Joaquina Niembro García

**Previous results from this study were presented at IATED and INTED conferences

1.  Motivation and problem background This complete evidence-based practice paper describes the pedagogical redesign process of an introductory Physics course for first-year engineering students at a Mexican University, and the experience of professors that applied problem and project-based learning methodologies. Teaching and learning concepts and approaches in higher education are experiencing dramatic transformations due to contextual changes in recent years. Contemporary teaching models are student-centered, and based on active learning, technology, and social media integration. Engineering education research has grown exponentially, and even though there is vast evidence of how different teaching practices can improve learning, professors still face many barriers to include them in their practice. Adequate transfer of conceptual knowledge to problem-solving requires appropriate pedagogies that ensure student engagement in the learning process.

Quality of instruction and pre-college preparation are critical for student success in STEM courses, and therefore, in the decision of students to stay in these programs (Chen & Soldner, 2013). In Mexico, according to ANFEI (National Association of Colleges and Schools of Engineering), only 40% of engineering students graduate on time. First-year courses are easy for some students, but represent a big challenge for others, being the latter those who frequently do not succeed (Vargas-Leyva & Jiménez-Hernández, 2015). In addition, research has shown that student’s prior mathematics and physics training, as well as their academic attitude, influence their decision to stay in STEM majors (Magolda & Astin, 1993; Geisinger & Raman, 2013). Additionally, since 2010, this Mexican University has deployed a series of strategies to help students strengthen their professional skills. These strategies include skills ABET proposed for engineering graduates, such as multidisciplinary teamwork, critical thinking, and effective communication. Nevertheless, there is still a significant gap between the skills that engineering graduates need to succeed in the workplace and those developed through the college experience.

Publicación original en 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Año 2019 Referencia bibliográfica García-Higuera, M. C., Chávez-Tellería, R., Alemán-Juárez, A. y Niembro-García, J. (2019). Improving Student Retention and Soft Skills: Faculty Experiences on Transitioning to Active Learning Approaches on First-Year Engineering Programs at Universidad Panamericana. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Recuperado de https://www.asee.org/ public/conferences/140/ papers/25457/view


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pages 143-148

Revista de Integridad Académica: An Effort to Foster Academic Integrity in Universidad Panamericana Armando Alemán Juárez, Arturo Eduardo Becerra Mariscal, María del Carmen García Higuera

11min
pages 135-139

Referencias

6min
pages 140-142

Improving retention and soft skills through project-based learning: A proposal of the College of Engineering and the Center for Innovation in Education at Universidad Panamericana María del Carmen García Higuera, Joaquina Niembro García, Armando Alemán Juárez

19min
pages 93-100

El papel de la biblioteca universitaria en el uso y la difusión de las fuentes digitales de información: Una perspectiva desde la integridad académica y de los principios de biblioteca 3.0 Heidi Elizabeth Mooser Tauchert, María del Carmen García Higuera, Armando Alemán Juárez

20min
pages 127-134

APOLO 21: Estrategia institucional para la transición de un modelo de docencia áulico a uno remoto María Teresa Nicolás Gavilán, Claudia Fabiola Ortega Barba, Arturo Eduardo Becerra Mariscal, Iara Alcauter Rueda, Yosahandy Terán Tovar

17min
pages 117-124

Improving student retention and soft skills: faculty experiences on transitioning to active learning approaches on first-year engineering programs at a mexican university María del Carmen García Higuera, Rocío Chávez Tellería, Armando Alemán Juárez, Isabel Joaquina Niembro García

38min
pages 101-116

Integridad académica

5min
pages 125-126

Soft Skills Development for Professors and Z Gen Students at Universidad Panamericana (Mexico) María Teresa Nicolás Gavilán, María de los Ángeles Padilla Lavín

21min
pages 83-92

Teaching undergraduate students entrepreneurship skills: a boot camp for high impact technological business projects Armando Alemán Juárez, Ximena Capetillo García Williams, María del Carmen García Higuera

20min
pages 71-80

Desarrollo de competencias para el futuro

5min
pages 81-82

The use of gamification to facilitate learning of multimedia subjects in undergraduate education students Armando Alemán Juárez, Arturo Eduardo Becerra Mariscal, María del Carmen García Higuera

22min
pages 61-70

Entretenimiento masivo o aprendizaje significativo a distancia? María Teresa Nicolás Gavilán, Germán Roberto Scalzo Molina, Armando Alemán Juárez

34min
pages 47-60

El Centro de Innovación Educativa (CIE), como espacio extracurricular interdisciplinario para la formación del pedagogo: La experiencia de la Universidad Panamericana Armando Alemán Juárez, Yanira Matienzo Cáceres, María del Carmen García Higuera

27min
pages 31-42

La creación del Centro de Innovación Educativa (CIE) de la Universidad Panamericana, como estrategia para la gestión de la innovación y el liderazgo docente Armando Alemán Juárez, Arturo Eduardo Becerra Mariscal

17min
pages 23-30

Socialization, appropriation and adaptation of outstanding teaching competencies as an enhancement of curricular improvement: the creation of a center for innovation in education Yanira Matienzo Cáceres, Isabel Diez Uriarte, María del Carmen García Higuera

17min
pages 15-22

Experiencias innovadoras en clase

7min
pages 43-46

Prólogo

9min
pages 6-10

Creación de un Centro de Innovación Educativa

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