Visual teaching and learning in the fields of engineering

• Author: Kyvete S. Shatri
• Position: University of Pristina
• Pages: 108-114

IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania

Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences Vol. 1 No. 3

November 2015

ISSN 2410-3918

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Visual teaching and learning in the fields of engineering

PhD (C.) Kyvete S. Shatri

University of Pristina

Abstract

Engineering education today is faced with numerous demands that are closely connected

with a globalized economy. One of these requirements is to draw the engineers of the future,

who are characterized with: strong analytical skills, creativity, ingenuity, professionalism,

intercultural communication and leadership. To achieve this effective teaching methods should

be used to facilitate and enhance the learning of students and their performance in general,

making them able to cope with market demands of a globalized economy. One of these methods

is the visualization as a very important method that increases the learning of students. A

visual approach in science and in engineering also increases communication, critical thinking

and provides analytical approach to various problems. Therefore, this research is aimed to

investigate the effect of the use of visualization in the process of teaching and learning in

engineering fields and encourage teachers and students to use visual methods for teaching

and learning. The results of this research highlight the positive effect that the use of

visualization has in the learning process of students and their overall performance. In addition,

innovative teaching methods have a good effect in the improvement of the situation.

Visualization motivates students to learn, making them more cooperative and developing

their communication skills.

Keywords: visualization, simulations, teaching, learning, student performance.

Introduction

The level of economic and social development of a country depends from the quality

of education system and the level of education in that country. The rapid economic

development and the global changes that are happening today, based on high

technological development, pose a lot of requests for education system, especially for

education system in the fields of engineering matters, or more concretely in the aspect

of Information and Communication Technology. Preparing students in the field of

engineering in a global context is the focus of the study. This seems to be the key for

a successful economy and to secure welfare for the society in general. To fulfill this,

the focus most orient to the quality of education in engineering fields. To find the

ways how to grow the performing of teaching and learning in the context of these

fields is essential. The developing of technology did not influence just the economic

context, but also the ways of teaching and learning. Its integration in these two

processes has contributed in the transformation of teaching and learning, from the

traditional way. Technology components of information and communication have

offered new ways not only for teaching, but also for learning and one of them is the

offering of the visualized way of teaching and learning. Visual learning is essential in

the engineering fields. The students of engineering disciplines learn for different