Towards a New Descriptive Geometry. A Teaching Innovation Project to the Architecture

2017 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Antonio Álvaro Tordesillas ◽  
Noelia Galván Desvaux ◽  
Marta Alonso Rodríguez
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Álvaro-Tordesillas ◽  
Marta Alonso-Rodríguez ◽  
Irene Poza-Casado ◽  
Noelia Galván-Desvaux

The hasty changes in the curricula that have occurred in recent years in the School of Architecture of XXX have generated some problems in the subject of Descriptive Geometry that have been added to others that had been ongoing for many years. A Teaching Innovation Project (TIP) seeks to provide a solution to the problems raised with new methods of teaching inside and outside the classroom and greater interaction between the students and the professor. This way, geometry is no longer something abstract, unrelated to the professional practice of the architect. Thereby, it is intended to structure a new subject that provides students not only with graphic and spatial techniques but also with teamwork, cooperation, training, sufficiency and autonomy resources that help them in the development of their future career. In order to carry out this new methodology for teaching, a course based on gamification has been designed, which allows the students to focus on the subject from a more playful point of view with the aim of motivating and involving them. Based on a three-year experience of comparative work between the traditional and the proposed systems, the conclusions obtained with regards to the withdrawal rate, academic performance and perception of the teaching method are presented in this paper. The incorporation of techniques based on games had a motivating effect on the students, who discovered a way of learning by playing what they previously perceived as a tedious subject.


Author(s):  
Celia Rodríguez-Pérez ◽  
Vito Verardo ◽  
Esther Molina-Montes ◽  
Eduardo Jesús Guerra-Hernández ◽  
Belén García-Villanova Ruíz ◽  
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Author(s):  
Robert Martínez Carrasco

This paper presents a classroom experience regarding the use of Wikipedia in a teaching innovation project carried out between Jaume I University and Wikimedia Spain. Framed in the current post-postivist climate within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), Wikipedia will be presented as an inter-disciplinary tool with a relevant number of classroom applications, reflecting how meaningful learning experiences based on collaborative work and authentic project-based tasks lead to better understanding and higher levels of motivation among the students. In the particular case of translation education, it will be argued that using Wikipedia in the course of the reverse translation modules allows the students to gain a deeper insight of its linguistic and discursive structures, as well as the critical/exegetic skills they need in order to assess the kind of texts with which they are commissioned, and the special discursive techniques associated to the translation task.


Author(s):  
Mª Dolores Montagud ◽  
Rachel Welton ◽  
Belén García-Cárceles ◽  
Angela Vickerstaff

Author(s):  
Maria Obeso ◽  
Concepcion Lopez-Fernandez ◽  
Gema Garcia-Piqueres ◽  
Marta Perez-Perez

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (21) ◽  
pp. 1354
Author(s):  
Susana Garcia-Bujalance ◽  
Manfredi Leone ◽  
Daniel Navas-Carrillo

The educational innovation project object of this communication focuses on the scale problems that arise in the projects of territorial planning carried out in architecture schools, but also in the loss of the scale concept related to thought and drawing. The project involved collaboration among the Schools of Architecture of Malaga, Palermo and Seville with the aim of carrying out a practical exercise among the students of two subjects that, working on different scales, addressed similar concepts. In particular, following an PBL methodology based on collaborative projects, the planning of the N-340 road in the city of Nerja (Málaga) was carried out. Firstly, the territorial scale is addressed in the subject of Urbanism IV at the School of Architecture of Malaga, proposing the continuity of its development at the scale of landscape design in another place and with other designers of the course of Landscape Laboratory at the School of Architecture of Palermo. Besides, having verified that the academic results have been -in general terms- more satisfactory, the project has allowed consolidating the academic relationship between the three schools, which has translated into the development of complementary training actions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Jose Antonio Méndez Serrano ◽  
Lucía Comino Mateos ◽  
Francisca García Rodríguez ◽  
Emilio Gómez Cobos

ResumenEl aprendizaje es experiencia, todo lo demás es información. (Albert Einstein). En nuestras escuelas, ¿informamos o creamos experiencias? ¿Cómo vieron la luz los grandes inventos y las teorías que hoy usamos en nuestro día a día? ¿Cuáles son las diferencias y similitudes entre los inventores y nuestros alumnos? ¿La docencia que yo realizo en el aula inspira a mis estudiantes a ser unos apasionados de lo que están haciendo, motivados por lo que van a descubrir y la utilidad que va tener para ellos, en su ámbito personal, profesional y, para la sociedad? Este artículo describe la experiencia y los resultados del Proyecto de Innovación Docente desarrollado en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Edificación de la Universidad de Granada. Los procesos metodológicos aplicados para mejorar la docencia, los resultados académicos y el crecimiento personal de cada participante. Se ha basado en tres iniciativas clave: a) Docencia coordinada basada en proyectos entre las cinco asignaturas del semestre. Se ajustan cronogramas y se usa un único modelo arquitectónico como objeto práctico para todas las asignaturas, se complementa la evaluación individual de los estudiantes con una defensa oral ante los profesores de las asignaturas. b) Adaptación de las clases, basada en la neuroeducación, para evocar la curiosidad, la atención y la memorización. c) Talleres formativos y proceso individual de coaching. En los primeros se desarrolla el aprendizaje cooperativo entre iguales, (interdependencia positiva), gestión del tiempo, formas de ser en el aula, el arte de emocionar en público, toma de decisiones y gestión de conflictos. En el segundo, proceso de acompañamiento realizado por un coach acreditado, por el cual mediante preguntas reveladoras y dinámicas, al estilo de la mayéutica socrática, el estudiante potencia sus virtudes y habilidades e identifica creencias limitantes, transformándolas para crear resultados diferentes.AbstractLearning is experience, all else is information. (Albert Einstein). In our schools, do we inform or create experiences? How did the great inventions and the theories that we use in our day to day life come to light? What are the differences and similarities between the inventors and our students? Does The teaching that I carry out in the classroom inspires my students to be passionate about what they are doing, motivated by what they will discover and the utility that it will have for them, in their personal and professional environment and, for society? This article describes the experience and results of the Teaching Innovation Project developed at the School of Building Engineering at the University of Granada. The methodological processes applied to improve teaching, academic results and personal growth of each participant. It has been based on three key initiatives: a) Coordinated teaching based on projects among the five subjects of the semester. Schedules are adjusted and a single architectural model is used as a practical object for all subjects, the individual assessment of the students is complemented with an oral defense before the subject teachers. b) Adaptation of classes, based on neuroeducation, to evoke curiosity, attention and memorization. c) Training workshops and individual coaching process. In The first of them, cooperative learning among equals (positive interdependence), time management, ways of being in classroom, the art of thrilling in public, decision making and conflict management are developed. In the second, a process of accompanying conducted by an accredited coach, through revealing and dynamic questions, in the style of Socratic maieutic, the student strengthens their virtues and abilities and identifies limiting beliefs, transforming them to create different results.


Author(s):  
Dolors Gil-Doménech ◽  
Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent ◽  
Marta Mas-Machuca

The present work aims at presenting a teaching innovation project, the B-SMART, which has been implemented at UIC Barcelona in the academic year 2018/19. Conceived as a project to respond to social demands, the B-SMART project aims at creating a collaborative environment and at strengthening the ties between companies (mainly targeted to SMEs, start-ups and NGOs) and the university. To do so, students work on real challenges or projects posed by companies. This approach helps students to better understand the theoretical concepts taught in class as well as to boost soft skills that will be required in their daily practice. In turn, companies gain access to new talent (students), fresh ideas, and the knowledge and infrastructures available at the university. In this study we explain the project and pay special attention to the first two projects solved through the B-SMART project. We use design thinking as the teaching method. Preliminary results show that both students and companies benefit from this experience.


Author(s):  
M. Campos-Mesa ◽  
G. González-Campos ◽  
C. Castañeda-Vázquez

El objetivo del presente trabajo consiste en analizar la influencia de una innovación educativa basada en la evaluación formativa, sobre la motivación del alumnado universitario hacia una asignatura del Grado de Educación Primaria. Para ello, 91 estudiantes de la Universidad de Sevilla participaron en un proyecto de innovación docente durante el curso 2018-2019, donde se aplicó un proceso general de evaluación formativa, así como otros recursos didácticos y tecnológicos, como el uso de la gamificación y mandos interactivos de respuesta, entre otros. Al finalizar la intervención el alumnado respondió el Cuestionario de Estrategias de Aprendizaje y Motivación (CEAM II) para analizar, entre otras variables, la motivación del alumnado. Los datos obtenidos dejan entrever altos niveles de motivación, tanto intrínseca como extrínseca, lo que supone una valoración positiva para considerar esta innovación como una buena práctica educativa y seguir trabajando en esta línea. The main aim of this study is to analyze the influence of an educational innovation based on formative assessment, on the motivation of university students towards a subject of the Degree in Primary Education. To this end, 91 students from University of Seville participated in a teaching innovation project during the 2018-2019 academic year, where a general process of formative assessment as well as other didactic and technological resources were applied, such as use of gamification and interactive response commands, among others. At the end of the intervention students answered the Spanish version of Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (CEAM II) in order to analyze, among other variables, students' motivation. The findings show high levels of motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic. Therefore, the data obtained suggest this experience can be considered as a good educational practice and they encourage us to continue working in this line.


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