PROJECT-BASED LEARNING: APPLICATION IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Abstract

The objective of this work was to apply the Project-Based Learning methodology in the teaching of the biochemical engineering discipline of the Food Engineering course. For this, the project focused on the development of an alcoholic beverage made from cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), divided into 4 basic stages: bibliographic research, bench-scale production (3L), pilot-scale production (30L) and microbiological and physicochemical analyses. Thus, it was possible to verify that the application of this active methodology in the discipline of Biochemical Engineering, provided the development of a complex product and passed on the knowledge in a practical way, enabling the improvement of the teaching-learning process. In addition, it was possible to identify a greater understanding of the concepts as well as the improvement of skills such as planning, commitment, collaboration and proactivity.