Strategies and approaches of the experimental activities in the ceramic processing program of materials engineering undergraduate course at UFABC

Reference	Presenter	Authors (Institution)	Abstract
07-027	Renata Ayres Rocha	Rocha, R.A.(Universidade Federal do ABC); Trombini, V.(Universidade Federal do ABC); Raimundo, D.S.(Universidade Federal do ABC);	The industrial ceramic activities have a technical development that should be related to strategies to manage the design and manufacture of ceramics, from powder preparation, from natural raw materials or synthesized powders, to shaping and final sintering and consolidation, including the recuperation of wastes and recycled products. These strategies should be concerned with the environmental effects and the improvement of socioeconomic aspects. The approaches of experimental activities in the ceramic processing program of materials engineering course at Federal University of ABC (UFABC) are based on these considerations about ceramics processing. Experimental activities are within the curriculum and pedagogical proposal of the university, related to the development of work group, personal initiative and decision-making, improvement of the ability of observation and recording information, data analysis and communication competences. The main goal of this work is to present aspects of experimental activities at laboratory scale and gather informations that could improve the educational practice. The main approaches (demonstration, verification and investigation) were analyzed, by the observation of the students' reaction facing the experimental challenges, and how they could answer the proposed questions, based also on the theoretical knowledge about ceramics processing, and the possibilities of the communication of these experimental results. The students were also encouraged to look for possible solutions to be discussed. It was observed that it is possible to achieve a significant learning, thinking about technological and socioeconomic aspects related to the ceramic processing, from raw material to the final product.
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