The cooperative learning applied to the technical subjects of the 1st course of Architecture

Abstract

University first year teaching is a challenge at all levels, that has been magnified since the arrival at university of students generation born under the ubiquity of new technologies and social networks. In response to this situation, the teachers team of Basis for Architecture Technique, compulsory subject of first year studies in the Architecture Faculty of Barcelona, has applied Agile methods and Informal Cooperative Learning to the practical classes of the academic years from 2015 to 2017. This communication describes and analyses the complexity and effectiveness of these teaching and learning activities, whose main objectives were to get the students attenttion and engagement and to enhance the key concepts explained during theorical classes, with the result of improving global
understanding.