Propuesta de innovación docente en arquitectura mediante el aprendizaje basado en problemas

Abstract

This paper presents a teaching innovation proposal applied to the Soil Mechanics and Foundations subject, in the Degree in Architecture Fundamentals.This is a very technical subject of high level of difficulty and density of concepts.Therefore, in order to improve the students' learning, the experimentation is necessary.This experimentation has consisted in an Improvement Cycle in Classroom (ICIC) applied to the "soil recognition" 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 the problem-based learning with brief contributions by the teacher.A sequence of activities has been developed, being the last activity the most important one based on the resolution of a real problem.The results of this cycle have been satisfactory.The students have assimilated the sequences and improved their learning.