INTEGRAÇÃO DO CONHECIMENTO NOS CURSOS DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL: UMA APLICAÇÃO VOLTADA AO PROCESSO CONSTRUTIVO DE EDIFICAÇÕES

Abstract

Lack of knowledge integration in CivilEngineering courses has been discussed by severalauthors with improvement proposals ranging fromcurricular remodeling and content formatting propositionsto changing aspects relating to pedagogical concepts andteaching/learning methodologies currently practiced.Within this context, this study tries to assess the use of astructure that has been developed for knowledgeintegration on the Construction Process of Buildings.Thus, a case study was conducted with Civil Engineeringstudents at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Resultsshowed that applying this structure made the ConstructionProcess clearer and identified the importance of a greaterconceptualization of the terms that are used in this area ofknowledge so as to avoid making mistakes.Index Terms ⎯ Knowledge, integration, civil engineering.