Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Student
- identifies the most common high-performance materials used in smart and technical textiles
- understands what smart and technical textiles are, their properties and the technologies to make them
- identifies the application areas of smart and technical textiles and their potential in the future, as well as the possibilities and limitations from a circular economy perspective

Content (course unit)

- high performance fibers and smart materials
- special manufacturing methods of smart and technical textiles
- application areas of smart and technical textiles
- sustainability of smart and technical textiles

Core questions:
- How do you define smart and technical textiles?
- What are the most important manufacturing technologies for smart and technical textiles?
- What are the future market prospects for smart and technical textiles?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

KNOWING
Can identify the application areas of smart and technical textiles. Knows the most common high-performance materials in smart and technical textiles.
MAKING
Participates in activities and performs assigned tasks according to instructions. Gather information.
BEING
Recognizes own communication skills. Can act responsibly both independently and as a team member. Can give and receive feedback. Considers the decisions he makes both for himself and for the team.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

KNOWING
Understands the application areas of smart and technical textiles and their potential. Can explain and compare different solutions and their relationship.
MAKING
Acquires new information. Can apply the previous knowledge. Can present justified solution alternatives.
BEING
Develops own interaction skills. Can give and receive feedback actively and interactively (throughout the process). Test own solutions from the point of view of different actors.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

KNOWING
Understands the wide-ranging application areas and potential of smart and technical textiles. Understands the use of smart and technical materials and manufacturing technologies and their sustainability. Can generalize and analyze.
MAKING
Able to bring own versatile know-how to the common use. Tests new operating models. Creatively combines the positive sides of different solution options.
BEING
Develops new, creative solutions. Systematically uses feedback as a tool for personal and community professional growth. Examines and evaluates solutions in terms of the whole, taking into account the different effects.

Assessment scale

0-5