Interdisciplinary activities for the subjects Process Engineering I and General Chemistry I in the first year of Chemical Engineering career

Abstract

In the 1st year of the career the Chemical Engineering career the University of Camagüey has an in sufficient interdisciplinary treatment between the subjects Process Engineering I and General Chemistry I. The objective of this research is to implement interdisciplinary activities based on the contents integration of the subjects PE I and GCh I, in order to contribute to the student training. The interdisciplinary activities were integrative seminars, presentation and defense of course projects, taking into consideration the links between the subjects content and curriculum strategies. The method used: of analysis-synthesis and the group work techniques, the technique of positive-negative-interesting, the interview technique, after evaluation of the final work in the subject PE I. The interdisciplinary activities increased the motivation of students and contributed to increasing and deepening of knowledge, for both the student and the teachers, highlighting its contribution to greater and better understanding of the processes under study.

Keywords: interdisciplinarity, integration, interdisciplinary activities.