Classroom Improvement Cycle in Architecture by Means of Problem-Based Learning
- Maria-Victoria Requena-Garcia-Cruz 1
- Antonio Morales-Esteban 1
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Universidad de Sevilla
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- Álvaro Herrero (ed. lit.)
- Carlos Cambra (ed. lit.)
- Daniel Urda (ed. lit.)
- Javier Sedano (ed. lit.)
- Héctor Quintián (ed. lit.)
- Emilio Corchado (ed. lit.)
Publisher: Springer Suiza
ISBN: 3-030-57798-8, 3-030-57799-6
Year of publication: 2021
Pages: 377-387
Congress: International Conference on EUropean Transnational Educational (ICEUTE) (11. 2020. Burgos)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
This paper presents a teaching innovation proposal applied to the subject of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, which is taught on the third course in the Degree in Fundamentals of Architecture. This is a very technical subject, with a high level of difficulty and density of concepts. Therefore, in order to improve the students’learning, experimentation is necessary. This experimentation consisted in a Classroom Improvement Cycle (CIC) applied to the “soilsurveying” topic during two sessions of four and two hours of duration, respectively. The cycle is based on the alternative didactic model, which is focused on problem-based learning with brief contributions by the professor. A sequence of activities has been developed, with the last activity being the most important one, as it is based on the resolution of a real problem. The results of this cycle have been satisfactory. The students have assimilated the sequence sand improved their learning. However, it demands more effort from both the students and the teachers.