Breaking students’ comfort zone: learning from community members, a strategy within the AEC education

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dc.careerCarrera de Arquitecturaes
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributorVillacís Tapia, Enrique Vinicio
dc.contributor.authorVillacís Tapia, Enrique Vinicio
dc.date2020-08-03
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:24:49Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:24:49Z
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractIn order to address pressing issues such as climate change, energy crises, and economic disparity, it is pertinent to include local community members within AEC education. In this paper, we explore how breaking the comfort zone of students can facilitate a broader perspective on sustainability. This new perspective can cultivate innovative and creative solutions to 21 st century problems. This paper documents the experience and impacts of student participation in an education abroad program focused on sustainable buildings and infrastructure. The program took place in January 2019 in Costa Rica with the collaboration of Colorado State University (USA) and EARTH University (Costa Rica). In this program, students directly communicate with low-income community members who worked with a local developer during the construction of a new neighboring building. Qualitative interviews with students, as well as ethnographic observations of class discussions, illustrates that this partnership helped students see a new perspective on how to deal with the life cycle of construction projects. The preliminary results indicate that the collaboration between the community members and the developer was a key component of expanding students’ perspectives. This research illustrates the importance of building community collaborations that are mutually beneficial in the classroom and beyond. In particular, the results suggest that educational experiences which integrate community concerns into solutions are key to expanding students’ worldviews.en_US
dc.event.cityLimasoles
dc.event.countryChiprees
dc.event.nameThird International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference ‘Holistic Overview of the Structural Design and Construction’ 2020en_US
dc.event.paperBreaking students’ comfort zone: learning from community members, a strategy within the AEC educationen_US
dc.event.publicationProceedings of International Structural Engineering and Constructionen_US
dc.facultyArquitectura, Diseño y Artes Visualeses
dc.id.author1708804396
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/4319
dc.indexed.databaseEventoes
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsVillacís, T., Luxton, I., Valdes-Vasquez, R., Ozbek, M., & Ayarza, C.
dc.rightsOpenAccessen
dc.titleBreaking students’ comfort zone: learning from community members, a strategy within the AEC educationen_US
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