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ETRAP
2005
23 - 25 November in Brussels, Belgium
3rd International Conference on Education and Training in Radiological Protection
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Development of an active learning methodology for a course of radioactive contamination in an engineering higher school |
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Rodenas, José |
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Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, ES |
Description |
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Authors:
José Ródenas, Sergio Gallardo and Josefina Ortiz
Abstract:
One of the objectives of European Higher Education institutions in order to improve the formation of their graduates is to promote the use of active learning methodologies. On this subject an experience developed at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) in connection with Radioprotection is presented in this paper. Students in the 5th year of Industrial Engineering (branch Environment) have several courses both basic and applied in different fields. One of them is Radioactive Contamination, which includes basic concepts on radiations and radiation protection, as students have no background in this field. Nevertheless, they are invited to actively participate in the class by discussing each lesson. To stimulate their participation objectives of the lesson are proposed by means of questions. Of course, students have been previously provided with the information necessary to prepare the discussion. During several years this information was included in a web page, but finally a textbook has been published. The course evaluation takes into account the comprehension of basic concepts and their application to practical cases, verifying the accomplishment of objectives. Results obtained over the five last years have demonstrated that the application of this methodology enhances the student learning performance.
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Full paper |
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Rodenasoral.pdf (38 KB - 38,944 bytes) |
Presentation |
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Rodenas.pdf (2 MB - 1,776,531 bytes) |
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