Increasing Value in Engineering Learning: Design and Evaluation of a Peruvian Project

Abstract

This paper deals with the design and the implementation of the first phase of the Experiential Engineering Project (EEP) and with the assessment of its impact as a pedagogical strategy for training in industrial engineering. The EEP has been designed to contribute to the job competitiveness of the future Engineers providing value to their employability and self-employment generation based on ethical and responsible action. The first phase linked the curriculum subjects to the work areas of industrial engineering through activities and deliverables whose results were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively using descriptive statistics as an assessment tool. The results show that the EEP has had a significant positive impact on the process of learning of the engineering students perceiving it as helpful and suitable for their learning.