Reflection strategy for teaching construction projects in Civil Engineering

Abstract

The competitiveness of the educational programs on the universities requires an adjustment on the content of academic programs so that they can respond to the problems of their surroundings. For this reason, in regards to the profile of a civil engineer's occupational performance, particularly, it is useful for the student to identify administrative practices and processes that tend to reduce costs and time over the different works. In this work, it is presented a proposal of didactic strategies focused on the inside thought around concepts related to the administration of construction projects using reengineering and construction philosophy without losses (lean) concepts in different activities. For this, we started with information collected in housing construction projects, in which the best practices for waste reduction were evaluated. The applicability of technical knowledge is combined with tools focused on reflection to strengthen concepts of resource management, both human and financial, using tools that use critical thinking, problem solving, social commitment, teamwork and communication skills, which, all together, contribute to strengthen ethical aspects and social responsibility of the engineering practice. It is concluded from the study that inside though is a useful tool of the teaching-learning process, since it prepares the future professional to solve the problems surrounding it.