Assembly of a 3D printer. PBL in Industrial Technology. 2016-17

The function of an engineer is to carry out designs or develop technological solutions for changing social, industrial and/or economic needs. To develop and execute projects, one of the most important skills to acquire is the ability to solve problems.

Our students of Technological Baccalaureate is already preparing for it. Throughout the last term in the subject of Industrial Technology carried out, through project-based learning (Project Based Learning), the assembly and tuning of a digital printer. During the process, the teacher has remained as a guide, but in the background, to allow the students themselves to assume the leading role in their own learning. There have been many problems that have arisen throughout the assembly and its set-up, such as when calibrating, but with the initiative and entrepreneurial character they have solved each one of them with great success. We are sure that it has been an experience that has empowered our students and that they will never forget.

Confucius already said: «They told me and I forgot; I saw and understood; I did it and I learned it".