A REPORT OF CROSS-COURSE-TYPED PBL AND STUDENTS’ SELF-ASSESSMENT

National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, Hirose Campus has been conducting surveys on students’ generic skills (GSs) through the standardized tests in Japan since 2014. The educational effect of our curriculum is confirmed by analyzing the survey results and by comparing our students’ average scores with those of university students. From the results of this continuous survey, while it became clear that our campus curriculum was effective in helping students grow in both Literacy and Competency skills, it was also revealed that some Competency skills were not fully / could be further developed. Based on the survey results, we are trying to improve our curriculum and lessons focusing on students’ skills that have not yet grown sufficiently. As an example of the improvements, we reorganized the classes of experimental practices and a cross-course-typed PBL was offered as an experimental subject for 4th-year students. By grouping students from different specialities and having them solve practical problems in groups, we tried to improve the students' skills of team activities, planning, and implementing. From social issues defined in the SDGs and issues related to COVID-19, various themes were selected, and the students seriously worked on them in PBL. In this paper, we will introduce practical attempts of the PBL to develop student's GSs.