Introducing Modern Teaching into a Classic Course on Structural Art
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Maria Garlock
(Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA)
Aatish Bhatia (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) Negar Elhami Khorasani (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Conference Geneva 2015 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 340-341 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 2 | ||||
| Year: | 2015 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137815818357322 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper illustrates how a classic course on structural engineering can be enhanced with modern teaching methods (active learning exercises) to enhance a student’s comprehension. The course emphasizes that design creativity involves both discipline and play, where discipline is related to ‘technical skills’ and play is related to ‘soft skills’ such as aesthetic sensitivity. The modern enhancements reinforce this concept and also retain a student’s comprehension of the subject. |
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| Keywords: |
design structural art creativity active learning teaching pedagogy
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