Redesigning work in university classrooms: factors related to satisfaction in engineering and business administration students

Abstract

We analyze how it affects the teaching model to motivational potential of the course and student satisfaction. Design/methodology: Using structural equation modeling (SEM) has analyzed data from a cross-section (2008, 2009 and 2010) of 535 students of industrial engineering and business administration, a Spanish public university. Findings: The results, using a validated instrument adapted to the teaching world, demonstrate the association between the characteristics of the type of student work, the motivating potential of the subject and satisfaction. Research limitations/implications: The Identity scale does not have good fit and the results should be considered tentative. The sample is limited and does not allow to

Protocol: Entrepreneurship in the area of Marketing. Comparing PBL vs active lectures

“…El empleo de las metodologías activas ofrece numerosas ventajas como una mayor motivación del alumnado, un mejor desarrollo de las habilidades y competencias profesionales o una mayor conexión entre la teoría y la práctica, así como entre los conocimientos de diferentes disciplinas (Andreu Andrés & García-Casas, 2014;Marin-Garcia et al, 2014;Martínez-Gómez et al, 2013;McCarthy & Anderson, 2000;Prince, 2004). Asimismo, este tipo de metodologías permiten acercar al alumnado a la realidad empresarial e integrar los conocimientos (Conejero et al, 2015;Gauci et al, 2009;Maldonado, 2008;Marin-Garcia et al, 2009;Smith, 2005).…”