APPLYING PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN AN UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AT APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

作     者：James A Russell Chelsea R Helms R Chadwick Everhart D Jason Miller 

作者机构：Associate Professor of Building ScienceDepartment of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment(STBE)Appalachian State University397 Rivers StreetBooneNC28608 Practitioner in ResidenceDepartment of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment(STBE)Appalachian State University397 Rivers StreetBooneNC28608 PrincipalChad Everhart ArchitectPAWilliamsburgKY40769 Associate ProfessorDepartment of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment(STBE)Appalachian State University397 Rivers StreetBooneNC28608. 

出 版 物：《Journal of Green Building》 (绿色建筑学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第13卷第4期

页      面：147-165页

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学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

基　　金：National Science Foundation  NSF 

主　　题：project based learning curriculum reform integrated design design-build 

摘      要：INTRODUCTION Project based learning(PBL)fully engages students in the subject area,promotes teamwork,transdisciplinary collaboration,allows student teams to engage and solve community design problems and can ultimately lead to broader student ***,however,presents significant curricular challenges,including project definition and meaningful student *** authors began the process of exploring PBL through a National Science Foundation Transformation Undergraduate Education in Science,Technology,Engineering and Mathematics(TUES)*** program was piloted for two semesters under the TUES award and has now completed its eighth semester overall operating as a special curricular track in parallel with an existing,traditional curricular program in Building *** four years of dedicated PBL program experience to inform their efforts,the authors are currently reworking the existing Building Science program curriculum to fully integrate a PBL capstone during the senior year while establishing a clear curricular path,creating a sound base of projects,and maintaining resource limits that include,but are not limited to,facilities,materials and *** this paper,the authors discuss their successes and difficulties with imple-menting PBL in an undergraduate design and construction program by reviewing twelve years of both spontaneous and planned project based PBL experiences in an undergraduate design and construction program.