scholarly journals Architectural Spatial Design Strategies for Summer Microclimate Control in Buildings: A Comparative Case Study of Chinese Vernacular and Modern Houses

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Du ◽  
Regina Bokel ◽  
Andy van den Dobbelsteen
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Spatial Design

scholarly journals Teacher Design Using Online Learning Resources: A Comparative Case Study of Science and Mathematics Teachers

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimi Recker ◽  
Linda Sellers ◽  
Lei Ye
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teacher Design ◽  
Online Learning Resources ◽  
Science And Mathematics Teachers

Using a comparative case study design, this paper explores the impacts of a technology-related professional development (TTPD) design aimed at helping science and mathematics teachers design classroom activities using the wealth of resources available on the Internet. Using the lens of curricular adaption and the notion of teachers’ varyingpedagogical design capacity, we analyzed the experiences of four teachers in terms of the kinds of instructional activities teachers designed, how these were supported with online resources, and teachers’ perceptions of impacts on student learning. Findings suggested that participants used a variety of personally relevant design strategies when applying TTPD concepts to their contexts. In particular, the teachers discussed how they tailored instruction to fit their students’ needs and interests, and how they incorporated instructional games, simulations, and interactive resources to enhance motivation and provide self-paced instruction.

scholarly journals Designing with Pathways: A Spatial Design Approach for Adaptive and Sustainable Landscapes

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
Mark Zandvoort ◽  
Nora Kooijmans ◽  
Paul Kirshen ◽  
Adri van den Brink
Keyword(s):  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Sustainable Landscapes ◽  
Supply Planning ◽  
Multiple Domains

Despite rising attention to pathways thinking in multiple domains such as climate adaptation, energy supply planning, and flood risk management, their spatial translation is so far understudied. We set out to study how spatial design based on pathways thinking can help develop more adaptive and sustainable landscapes. Using landscape analysis, field research, and research-through-designing in a case study on climate resilience in Boston (USA), we argue for better understanding of the spatial and design consequences of pathways in general. Our results indicate that pathways can be spatially translated, demanding landscape-informed choices when sequencing different policy actions. We found that spatial designing makes the landscape consequences of pathways transparent and enables policy-makers to replace the input of policy actions with spatial interventions, select pathways according to different underlying design strategies, use the mapped pathways to initiate an iterative research-through-designing process to test and inform different designs, and spatially visualize the pathways and possible sequences of actions. We conclude that policy-makers should be cognizant about the spatial implications of pathways and offer directions to enrich applications of pathways thinking for achieving adaptive and sustainable landscapes.

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