Dinis Carvalho * , Natascha van Hattum-Janssen *§ , Rui M. Lima * , Sandra Fernandes *# , Diana Mesquita *+
Alves * , Rui M. Sousa * , Francisco Moreira * , Andromeda Menezes *
, Anabela
* Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal
+ Institute of Education, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
# Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
§ School of Creative Technology, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, the Netherlands
Email: dinis@dps.uminho.pt
, n.vanhattum@saxion.nl
, rml@dps.uminho.pt
, sandra@fpce.uc.pt
, diana@dps.uminho.pt
, anabela@dps.uminho.pt
, rms@dps.uminho.pt
, fmoreira@dps.uminho.pt
, agcmenezes@dps.uminho.pt
Abstract
This document is to be used as a template for the paper. It gives information on its general structure and format, and uses general information on the symposium to explain that. Please read the template contents carefully and follow the instructions. We advise you to copy your text into this template. Papers can be written using English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Papers written in Spanish and Portuguese are required a cover page in English, with title, authors, affiliation information, abstract and keywords (essentially this page serves as a template for that). The remaining pages may be written in any of those three languages. Papers in English only, should exclude the cover page. The abstract should not exceed 300 words, followed by two to four keywords.
Keywords: active learning; engineering education; symposium information; project approaches.
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Dinis Carvalho * , Natascha van Hattum-Janssen *§ , Rui M. Lima * , Sandra Fernandes *# , Diana Mesquita *+
Alves * , Rui M. Sousa * , Francisco Moreira * , Andromeda Menezes *
, Anabela
* Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal
+ Institute of Education, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
# Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
§ School of Creative Technology, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, the Netherlands
Email: dinis@dps.uminho.pt
, n.vanhattum@saxion.nl
, rml@dps.uminho.pt
, sandra@fpce.uc.pt
, diana@dps.uminho.pt
, anabela@dps.uminho.pt
, rms@dps.uminho.pt
, fmoreira@dps.uminho.pt
, agcmenezes@dps.uminho.pt
Abstract
This document is to be used as a template for the paper. It gives information on its general structure and format, and uses general information on the symposium to explain that. Please read the template contents carefully and follow the instructions. We advise you to copy your text into this template. Papers can be written using English, Spanish or Portuguese.
This page, along with the remaining ones, should be written in any of those languages. The abstract should not exceed 300 words, followed by two to four keywords.
Keywords: active learning; engineering education; symposium information; project approaches.
This document is to be used as a template for the paper. It gives information on its general structure and format and uses general information on the symposium to explain that. We suggest that you save this document and copy your own text into this template. The paper can be written in English, Portuguese or
Spanish.
The demand for engineering professionals is characterised by requirements of deep and solid interdisciplinary technical competences and communication and management skills. Changing Engineering programmes to meet these requirements can be addressed by different learning methodologies. Several institutions of higher education have been addressing these requirements with project approaches to engineering education. Project approaches have proven to be effective in making interdisciplinary connections between different subject matters, developing, in parallel, competences of project management, autonomy and communication (Helle,
Tynjälä, & Olkinuora, 2006; Lima, Carvalho, Flores, & van Hattum-Janssen, 2007; Powell & Weenk, 2003).
The Department of Production and Systems of the University of Minho, the Research Centre for Education of the University of Minho, the Iberoamerican Association of Engineering Education Institutions (ASIBEI) and the
Curriculum Development Working Group of SEFI – the European Society for Engineering Education – aim to join teachers, researchers on Engineering Education, deans of Engineering Schools and professionals concerned with Engineering Education, to enhance active learning approaches in Engineering Education through workshops and discussion of current practice and research.
The Seventh International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education PAEE 2015 will take place in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, and is hosted by the Mondragon University. The main language of the
Symposium is English. Contributions in Spanish and Portuguese are also welcome. More information can be found at the website: http://ijclee2015.mondragon.edu/en and http://paee.dps.uminho.pt
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Figure 1: Views of Mondragon University: Eskoriatza, Oñati, Arrasate-Mondragon and Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
This symposium will be based on two different interaction approaches between participants. One is the traditional paper sessions where participants can share their work and proposals. The other model of interaction results from our main goal of learning from each other and is based in workshop sessions of small groups working as “project teams”.
The main language of the Symposium is English, but contributions can be submitted in Spanish and Portuguese as well.
We are proposing the following themes for the paper sessions, but are open to suggestions for other themes that are related to project approaches in engineering courses:
 Assessment in PBL
 Teacher role in PBL
 Tutoring models
 Designing problems and learning environments
 PBL and learning theory
 Curriculum design
 Transversal competencies and high level skills in PBL
 Sustainability competence development
 Interdisciplinarity
 Management of change
 Innovative active learning models
 PBL model and approaches
 PBL process and student engagement
 PBL implementation
 University-Business Cooperation
The interactive workshops enable for extensive discussions and exchange of experiences with international experts. The programme offers workshops, debate and paper sessions on a range of themes related to Project
Approaches in Engineering Education and strive to be a platform for those who wish to share and learn more about project oriented approached to learning in Engineering Education.
This symposium has the following milestones related with communication aspects of the responsibility of the organisation committee, and some milestones of the responsibility of participants, like submission or
registration dates. These milestones are represented in Table 1.
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Table 1: Milestones
Date
15-12-2014
20-02-2015
10-04-2015
01-05-2015
15-05-2015
Milestone abstract submission (300 Words)
Submission of full papers (requires previous submission of an abstract)
Notification of paper acceptance and reviewers comments
Final Paper Submission
Early bird registration deadline
«please note that the tables in this text are according to APA standards, not having any vertical borders.»
PAEE’2015 Symposium aims to engage teachers, researchers on Engineering Education, deans of Engineering
Schools and professionals concerned with Engineering Education in the discussion of Project Approaches in
Engineering Education through active workshops and presentations of current practice and research in this field. We emphasise again that the main language is English, in order to facilitate participation.
This section has information relevant for participants’ registration, both on web the platform and the symposium, and instructions for authors.
Web platform registration is free and does not necessarily require a symposium registration. All participants should register at the Easychair platform ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijclee2015 ) in order to get a login and password to have access to reserved areas. Different roles will be assigned to participants, authors, reviewers and organisation members. Abstracts and papers must be submitted using the symposium web platform. Please register on the web platform to submit abstracts/papers.
Symposium registration is compulsory for PAEE2015 participants. The deadline for payment of the early bird registration fee is May 15, 2015. Papers will only be published after registration and payment of the registration fee. At least one of the authors is required to register and present the paper. Please find more information on symposium registration and payment on the joint conference website.
Participants not presenting a paper are welcome to PAEE2015.
Papers submitted to the symposium must be in accordance with this document, which can be used as a template by authors. Papers are required a minimum of 6 pages and a maximum of 8 pages (excluding the cover page).
This document is in accordance with the following general rules:
 Document file must be in Microsoft Word format.
 Page layout in A4 size with one column text format.
 Total document written using “Segoe UI” text font.
 Body text with “Segoe UI” text font size 10, single line size, justified, spacing after paragraph 6 pts.
 Left and right margins of 2 cm; Top and bottom margins of 2,5 cm.
 Title using “Segoe UI” text font, bold, size 14, left aligned.
 Author information with “Segoe UI Light” text font, bold, size 10, left aligned.
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 Affiliation and email addresses with “Segoe UI” text font, size 8, left aligned.
 First level section titles with “Segoe UI” text font, bold, size 14, distance before paragraph of 24 pts and hanging indent of 0,76 pts.
 Second level section titles with “Segoe UI” text font, bold, size 13, distance before paragraph of 10 pts and hanging indent of 1,02 pts.
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 Don’t use section titles of level 4 and more.
 Do not use footnotes.
 Figure and table captions with “Segoe UI” text font, size 9. Figures centred. Tables left aligned.
 References use APA style: o Cross reference has “author (year)” or (author, year). o Reference list sorted by last name.
Please follow the standards above to format your document. We recommend that you paste your text into this template, in order to comply with the standards.
This document is a quick reference guide for the submission of full papers. It also gives some information about the symposium in general. Please make sure you use the standards as given and APA standards for your bibliographical references and your tables and figures. If you have any further question, do not hesitate to contact the organising committee at this e-mail address: paee@dps.uminho.pt
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Helle, L., Tynjälä, P., & Olkinuora, E. (2006). Project-based learning in post-secondary education - theory, practice and rubber sling shots. Higher Education, 51(2), 287-314.
Lima, R. M., Carvalho, D., Flores, M. A., & van Hattum-Janssen, N. (2007). A case study on project led education in engineering: Students' and teachers' perceptions. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3), 337 -
347.
Powell, P. C., & Weenk, W. (2003). Project-led engineering education. Utrecht: Lemma.
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