33th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

14 - Education and Training

A STUDENT TEAM BASED TEACHING APPROACH: THE TEAM S55 EXPERIENCE

E. Cestino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; V. Sapienza, Aerospace Consultant, Italy; S. Sapienza, Istituto Italiano Psicoanalisi di Gruppo, Italy; F. Carena, Trainer and HR Senior Consultant, Italy

Many of the most prestigious technical universities are introducing a teaching methodology based on the student team approach. The strength of this teaching methodology lies mainly in the possibility to have continuous dealing with others students. It is than an opportunity for an exchange of ideas between the participants, and a means of gaining exposure for young designers, who are often the prime motor of innovation. Even if it seems that the educational aspects are prevailing, some elements dominate the scene and can significantly determine the success or the failure of the learning process. Purpose of this paper is to present the positive experience, still in progress, of a group of young engineers and students in aerospace engineering at the Politecnico di Torino. The TeamS55 was founded at the end of 2016 by a group of young engineers and students of “Politecnico di Torino” with the purpose to design and to build a 1:8 scaled flying “Replica” of the SIAI-Marchetti S55X designed by Alessandro Marchetti in 1923. rn


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