Towards an integrated pedagogic model applied in the allocation of construction materials

Abstract

The Integrated Pedagogical Model (IPM) establishes a participative learning experience and encourages the cooperative and collaborative team work; IPM is based on the student as a core of a teaching goal. The student, therefore, is considered responsible for the learnt and the individual apprehension of knowledge must be gotten. According with the requirements of the University National System at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Bucaramanga, the laboratory activities about Construction Materials have been oriented of learning from the classroom real cases of the professional performance. This article addresses preliminary results got in the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, after the implementation of the IPM in the course of Materials. These results shown that the students have improved their skills and acquired a greater capacity to analysis cases applied to civil engineering.