Volume 20 No 13 (2022)
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FAB-LAB (STEAM) AS A RESOURCE FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Patricio Santillán-Aguirre, Edgar Jaramillo-Moyano, Ramiro Santos-Poveda, Lorena Hernández-Andrade
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to learn about the application of FAB-LAB (STEAM) as a resource for
meaningful learning in Higher Education. As it is known, the referred methodology is being implemented
since its origins in the United States and is based on inquiry, as a means of obtaining data for the solution
of the exposed problem, as well as the consolidation of skills and abilities in the subject "Research
Methodology". Thus, in the present research, the need to know in what way the concepts inherent to the
research favor the processes of meaningful learning in the Graphic Design Career was proposed. It
focused on a quantitative study, the sample is forty-four students between males and females
respectively, who were enrolled in the Curricular Unit mentioned above with voluntary decision to
participate in the various laboratory practices, as well as the use of inquiry tools to answer the questions
posed as part of the study and the project, in general, that is carried out in the ESPOCH. Thus, the results
obtained show that with the use of FAB-LAB (STEAM) as a resource for meaningful learning, knowledge
is consolidated, as well as collective work, in the same way, students showed acceptance of these
activities and the teaching method
Keywords
STEAM Methodology, STEAM Lab, Meaningful learning, Research Methodology
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