UNIVERSITY-COMPANY INTERACTION FOR TEACHING BASED ON REAL CASES IN ENGINEERING

ABSTRACT The content of the Quality Management subject in Production Engineering courses tends to commonly be developed without relating theory with practical activities. Considering this issue, our study investigates the university-company interaction in teaching and learning processes in an Engineering course in a manner that contributes both to the teaching activities at universities and practical activities at companies. Action research was developed from a project that partnered with a company from the automobile segment and a public university to bring real-life problems that are related to the curriculum of the quality management subject in a bachelor’s course in Production Engineering. Different resources and strategies were used: cases and training, which the company provided for in-classroom application; a final project that required student teamwork and constant contact with the company; and expository classes on the theoretical basis of Quality Management. Among the different results that were found, two factors were initially identified as barriers concerning the university-company logic, such as the execution time and the expected results of the project, and, in fact, they were facilitators of this dynamic. Another result was the increasing interest of students concerning the subject’s content as they demonstrated autonomy and responsibility during the process of knowledge creation at the course’s subject. We conclude, then, that the university-company interaction contributes to the creation of an environment that values that student as an active part that is inserted in a challenging scenario that, when enriched with constant feedback on the issues offered, promotes greater engagement and autonomy on students in regards to the learning process.摘要 生产工程（Production Engineering）课程中的质量管理（Quality Management）学科内容，通常存在理论与实践活动脱节的问题。针对这一现状，本研究围绕某生产工程本科专业的教学流程，探究校企协同（university-company interaction）育人机制，以期同时助力高校教学活动与企业实践开展。本项行动研究（Action research）源自一项校企合作项目，该项目联合汽车细分领域企业与公立高校，将与生产工程本科专业质量管理课程大纲相关的真实生产问题引入教学场景。本次研究采用了多样化的教学资源与实施策略：包括企业提供的可用于课堂应用的案例与培训素材；要求学生团队协作、且需与企业保持常态化沟通的结课项目；以及围绕质量管理理论基础开展的讲授式课程。在所得的多项研究结果中，最初被认定为阻碍校企协同逻辑的两项因素——项目执行周期与预期成果，最终反而成为了该协同模式的助推因素。另一项研究结果显示，学生对课程内容的兴趣显著提升，且在课程的知识构建过程中展现出更强的自主性与责任感。综上，校企协同互动有助于构建以学生为主体的教学环境，将学生置于富有挑战性的真实场景中，辅以针对具体问题的常态化反馈，可有效提升学生在学习过程中的参与度与自主学习能力。