Surface Engineering, Educational Process, Future

One of the important product specifications currently required by Industrial Production and Sales is a good quality of material surface. Product surface is deliberately amended (finished) to prevent corrosion attacks and to amend its appearance / colour shades /. The surface processing also improves its mechanical properties / hardness, scrape resistance / and increases product lifetime period. The principle of the Surface Engineering is to combine functionality, decoration and the symbolism of products and constructions. The future of development of modern trends in Surface Engineering lies not only in the technology of application of protective coating but also in the education process which helps to familiarize with this industry sector together with its problems. By including a material surface processing module in colleges for teaching means that future primary and secondary school teachers will be qualified to teach pupils and generate an interest to pursue this in college themselves. This article reflects the experience of future teachers and shows their results from the study of the technical subjects, inclusive the Surface Engineering, in the Department of Technical and Vocational Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava.