Fundaments of the Theory-Practice relationship in a Virtual Anthropometry Laboratory to enhance its use in academic engineering institutions

Abstract

This research is part of the research projects: "The teaching-learning process of technical science careers in Higher Education in environments with a high presence of information and communication technologies" and "Anthropometric study of the
work  population  Cuban".  The  subject  of  the  theory-practice  relationship  in  the learning of Anthropometry supported in a virtual laboratory, where the student is involved in the solution of a real problem of his profession, is dealt with. The virtual
laboratories are a didactic tool that allows to enrich the educational process from the integration of Information and Communication Technologies to the teachinglearning  process.  Among  the  potential  offered  by the  Virtual  Laboratory  of
Anthropometry  is  experimentation  without  a  limited  number  of  iterations,  the contextualization and pertinence of the aids as well as the natural and intentional transit between theoretical aspects, exercise and experimentation. In the present
work the behavior of the relationship between theory and practice in the subject Ergonomics  is  analyzed,  in  particular  during  the  practice  of Anthropometry laboratory and the potential of the virtual laboratory is unveiled to enhance this relationship.

Key words: Anthropometry,  Teaching  problem,  Virtual  Laboratory,  TheoryPractice relationship, Teaching-learning process.