scholarly journals Learning Spatial Design through Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
Martin Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
New Type ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Climate Crisis

Spatial design at interior, site, city and regional scales is increasingly complex, and will continue to be so with the uncertainty of the climate crisis and the growing place-based intricacies of pluralist societies. In response to this complexity, professional design practice has pursued new ways of working. More design projects are becoming more interdisciplinary and less hierarchically structured, involving more collaborative project teams with a variety of backgrounds in architecture, urban design, landscape and interior architecture, engineering, ecological sciences and art. At universities, the design-learning studio which pedagogically champions the authentic replication of design practice projects, has also bifurcated. While teaching design through the traditional disciplinary-based problem-solving processes of an individual project is still understandably commonplace, a new type of studio has emerged, led by group work and interdisciplinary collaborations, and framed by the complexity of a seemingly irreconcilable problematic subject. This emergent domain warrants more research into pedagogical structures, teaching techniques and learning activities; and this paper explains such investigations undertaken through the live educational practice of two interdisciplinary studios in two years, drawing conclusions from student feedback gathered via questionnaires and focus group interviews. The findings suggest that teaching formats in this type of studio need to facilitate a balance between trusting relationships and immersive experiences; and that effective teaching techniques entail the development of more accessible communication techniques in conceptual diagramming and linguistic idiom.

scholarly journals Theoretical and Methodological Bases of a New School Model in Russia: Cultural-Historical Psychology and the Activity Approach as the Foundation of Educational Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-139
Author(s):  
Viktor K. Zaretsky ◽  
Yury V. Zaretsky ◽  
Tatiana D. Karyagina ◽  
Oksana S. Ostroverkh ◽  
Anna V. Tikhomirova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Practice ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
New School ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Modern School ◽  
Equal Importance ◽  
Productive Process ◽  
New Type ◽  
School Model ◽  
Methodological Principles

To overcome the crisis of the modern school institution, it is necessary to qualitatively rethink its foundations and to design fundamentally new approaches to implementing the educational program. The theoretical and methodological bases of the concept of a new type of school as a development practice, based on the provisions of Russian cultural-historical psychology and the activity approach are presented. The purpose of the work is to consider in the modern context the key theoretical provisions of Russian psychology and to formulate the methodological principles arising from them, which set the conditions for organizing the educational process, thus ensuring the transition from theory to practice. The key concepts of the school model are development, agency and collaboration: infinite development is formulated as the supreme goal and value of the school, the development of the position of agency is considered as the main productive process, and collaboration is the main professional principle. Eight basic principles are formulated as follows: intent - implementation - reflection as a methodological scheme for organizing school processes, the principle of multidimensional development, the principle of equal importance of school activities, the principle of congruence, the principle of organizing the educational space as a space for growing up, the principle of fellowship of practices and the development-oriented approach to evaluation. Thus, the article presents the authors view of the school as a scientifically grounded anthropological practice. The implementation of the concept, which has already begun in Russia, is an experiment that will make it possible to verify these theoretical and methodological provisions.

scholarly journals Constructive Friction Creates A Third Space for Art/Science Collaborations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
aaron ellison ◽  
David Buckley Borden
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Shared Language ◽  
Working Together ◽  
New Space ◽  
Open Dialogue ◽  
The Creation

Successful interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and scientists is not about discovering “common ground,” but about deliberately creating a new space for collaboration. This novel space includes physical, virtual, and intellectual elements brought together through creation of a shared language and using it in open dialogue. Communication not only shapes the collaboration and leads to the creation of joint work, but also engenders new ways of working together and new levels of understanding. The co-authors interrogate a series of their art/science collaborations to identify essential, general principles for synergistic communication and productive collaborations between artists and scientists.

Design Practice Guidance Modes Based on Network Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 2796-2800
Author(s):  
Xiao Feng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Network Technology ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Time Interaction ◽  
Teachers And Students

Combining computer network and students feature, with analysis the exited features of students’ practice guidance ,mainly as real-time interaction for core, the purpose of which is to design educational practice guidance modes based on BLOG, and BBS and QQ, the article takes students of year 2007 in Shangluo university for object as case to explore BBS –based interactive discussion mode, reaching the purpose of settlement of difficult offsite management ,insufficient practice guidance and incomplete exchange between teachers and students, etc. thereby, archieve an effective guidance for students’ practice.

The Shelves that Won't Hold: Material Politics and Social Inequality in Spatial Design Practice

Design Issues ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Mona Sloane
Keyword(s):  
Poor Quality ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Power Struggle ◽  
Unequal Treatment ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Community Theater ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Material Politics ◽  
Unequal Access ◽  
Quality Material

This article discusses how a material divide that leaves vulnerable communities with homes made of poor quality material is perpetuated in the system of spatial design. It examines a vignette about the development of the community theater in London to illustrate the unequal access to and participation in the design process as “intentional problem-solving” by different stakeholders. The discussion outlines how materiality can become the locus of public dispute and power struggle, as well as the key reference point for valuation frameworks and calculation practices. The article points out that material politics within spatial design practice play a central role in legitimizing unequal treatment within the material planning of space, and that individual designers can rarely challenge these structures themselves.

Use of Social and Pedagogical Potential of Done Outside of Class Hours Activity for Adaptation of Young Schoolchildren to Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Ирина Иванова ◽  
Irina Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
New World ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
School Age ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pedagogical Orientation ◽  
New Type ◽  
Kaluga Region ◽  
Primary School Age

In the article, the positive influence of done outside of class hours activities on the process of adapting children of primary school age to study as a new type of activity is considered on the example of the experience of Kaluga and Kaluga region schools. The description of the author’s program of done outside of class hours activities of the social and pedagogical orientation “My New World” is given, which can be widely used in regional educational practice when organizing done outside of class hours classes with younger schoolchildren.

scholarly journals What can we learn from the dark chapters in our history? Education about the Holocaust in Poland in a comparative perspective.

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs ◽  
Elisabeth Büttner
Keyword(s):  
Informal Education ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Group Interviews

The article investigates what research tells us about the dynamics of educational practice in both formal and informal education about the Holocaust. It poses questions such as whether it is possible to identify good practices on a political and/or educational level, whether there are links between education about the Holocaust and human rights education, and how education about the Holocaust relates to attitudes toward Jews. Examples of both international studies (such as those by the Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU and the American Jewish Committee) and some national surveys on education about the Holocaust are discussed, followed by an analysis of empirical studies from Poland based on focus group interviews and individual interviews with educators. The choice of case study was based on the historical fact that occupied Poland was the site of the murder of almost 5 million Jews, including 3 million Polish Jews.In many cases a strong association with a Polish sense of victimhood based on the memory of the terror and the murder of almost 2 million ethnic Poles during WWII creates conflicting approaches and generates obstacles to providing education about Jewish victims. Nevertheless, following the fall of communism, the number of educational initiatives designed to teach and learn about the Shoah is steadily increasing. The article presents tips for successful programmes of education about the Holocaust which can be generalised for any type of quality education, but are primarily significant for education about tolerance and education aimed at reducing prejudice, counteracting negative stereotypes and preventing discrimination.

Design and Research on New Type Office Desk

2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 1210-1213
Author(s):  
Xiao Wei Jiang ◽  
Qiu Lei Du
Keyword(s):  
Design Problem ◽  
Shape Design ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Color Design ◽  
New Type

In view of well- designed office desk is advantageous to alleviating fatigue, the author analyzes the category of office desk, and combining the design problem of existing office desk which exists in using function, art function and material technique function and others, discusses the shape design, the color design and the man-machine factors of office desk. Among them the man-machine factors mainly elaborate the height design of desktop, the depth design of desktop and other designs. Then the possibility is analyzed. On this foundation, the design practice of new type office desk is done.

scholarly journals The Application of Advanced Mapping Methods and Tools for Spatial-Visual Analysis in Landscape Design Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7952
Author(s):  
Mei Liu ◽  
Steffen Nijhuis
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Core ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mapping Techniques

Spatial design is at the core of landscape architecture. Mapping spatial–visual characteristics is of significance for landscape architects to interpret and talk about space. Advanced mapping methods and tools for spatial–visual analysis (i.e., mapping techniques describing landscape architectonic compositions from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives) offer great potential to increase knowledge of spatial organization and reveal design principles. Despite the availability and wide range of possibilities, the application of advanced mapping methods and tools for spatial–visual analysis is still not common in landscape architecture. The main reasons include the lack of awareness and prejudice. In order to get a more detailed understanding of the problem, this study presents the outcome of semi-structured open-ended interviews with 11 practitioners with a design background in landscape architecture. The paper discusses the relevance of advanced mapping methods and tools with practitioners in order to gain a better understanding about what methods landscape practitioners use to describe and experience space in their daily work. Findings demonstrate the critical bottlenecks of implementing advanced mapping methods in daily practices and how the practitioners think about the implementation of advanced mapping methods in the future of landscape practices.

scholarly journals Teaching Russian Culture via English: Implications, Objectives and Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-541
Author(s):  
Irina L. Lebedeva
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
State University ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
New Type ◽  
Moscow State University

The article focuses on the issues related to the specifics of teaching the Russian Culture via English course introduced as a part of Masters in Linguistics degree program at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) in 2016. The need for the course stems from the fact that the era of pluricentric English calls for a new type of globally competent and competitive Russian linguists, teachers, and teacher trainers of English able to express their national identity as well as to transmit, promote, and teach national culture through English functioning as a lingua franca, specifically, through the national variety of English, that is Russian English. The course aims at fostering students’ national self-awareness and enhancing their ability to reflect upon their own culture, culture of others as well as culture in general. The article also tackles such aspects as the course syllabus and objectives, its teaching techniques, and materials, as well as challenges that students might face.

scholarly journals Editorial: Interiority as Relations

Interiority ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Paramita Atmodiwirjo ◽  
Yandi Andri Yatmo
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Physical Manifestation

Understanding the relations between human being and its environment is critical in our attempt to create an appropriate built environment. Interior as a discipline has a privilege to be in the intersection between subjective experience of human users and the physical manifestation of environment occupied by the human. Looking at interiority as a relational construct that occurs between the users and environment should be an essential basis for design practice. This issue of Interiority intends to explore various forms of relational construct that emerge in the interaction between space and the users and to identify possible challenges posed by such relations for spatial design practice.

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