Teaching Practice Geometry in Architecture: Students Design Schools PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Project-Based Learning
Projects such as Eeva Reeder’s Geometry in Architecture assignment illustrate the growing interest in engaging students in collaborative problem solving of real world challenges. The practice of shared responsibility for learning and implementing ideas, presenting research and finished products to an authentic audience, and involving experts from the community in interdisciplinary learning brings together the best current thinking of how people learn, and models the practices students will encounter in the world of work.
A place to start thinking about project-based learning and how to implement this practice in a classroom, school, or district might be a professional development experience that could include educators, parents, and community members in an exploration of examples and resources.
Designed as a two- to three-hour session, which includes guided practice and group participation, the Project-Based Learning Instructional Module explores four topics:
Projects such as Eeva Reeder’s Geometry in Architecture assignment illustrate the growing interest in engaging students in collaborative problem solving of real world challenges. The practice of shared responsibility for learning and implementing ideas, presenting research and finished products to an authentic audience, and involving experts from the community in interdisciplinary learning brings together the best current thinking of how people learn, and models the practices students will encounter in the world of work.
