118 research outputs found
Designing for ‘Seeing Across Projects’ Based Learning
No full textThesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2023Design thinking is an important skill in engineering practice, but it is difficult to teach and learn. The primary means of teaching design is by engaging students in project-based design experiences. In addition to supporting students in having design experiences, there is a need to help students get more out of the design experience they are already having. This gap presents a design research opportunity for which there are many directions to explore. The variation theory of learning posits that people learn through exposure to certain patterns of variance and invariance across instances of a concept. However, there are few systematic curricular efforts to help students learn by seeing across collections of personal or community design experiences. This work explores the design research problem and opportunity of “how might we design environments that support learning from seeing across individual design experiences?” A three-phase design research approach was used. First, the iterative design of several learning environments and activities over four years was framed as a series of research through design (RtD) inquiries that all addressed the same broad design research question. This resulted in over fifty learning activities (RtD artifacts) named ‘seeing across projects (SAP)’ activities. Second, these artifacts were synthesized using the annotated portfolio methodology. Two Annotated portfolios were created, the first focused on breadth, and the second focused on depth. Variation theory was used as an analytical lens to provide insights on what was made possible to learn in the enacted learning environment annotations. These two portfolios resulted in a model that describes the five key elements of the analyzed SAP activities. This also resulted in the identification of three key properties of SAP activities (content, source, and selection), their values, and some potential implications they have for learning and the feasibility of implementation. Finally, the model resulting from the annotated portfolio was aligned with the key principles of the variation theory of learning to create a framework for designing SAP activities grounded in a learning theory. Overall, the results of this work are the proposal and initial investigation of a new, but complementary, pedagogical direction for engineering design education called ‘seeing across projects’ based learning
Czech authors on an/atman: spirit, soul or self? On problems of theologi-cal framework in understanding Indian concepts.
No full textPříspěvek je představením autorova doktorandského výzkumu, jehož teore-tickým zázemím je program Komparativní studium kultur. Jednou z hlavních teorií tohoto programu je, že dosavadní poznání indické kultury je závislé na křesťanském světonázoru. Autor testuje tuto teorii studiem zá-padního porozumění raného buddhismu, avšak jelikož se jedná o široké té-ma, v příspěvku se zaměří na předpokládanou hlavní doktrínu buddhismu: nauku o anátmanu. Hlavní otázka příspěvku tedy je: Jak čeští autoři od konce 19. století po současnost rozumí pojmu anátman? Autor ukáže, že na přelomu 19. a 20. století byl pojem átman překládán křesťanskými koncep-ty duch a duše, což se projevilo také na porozumění tohoto pojmu. V průběhu 20. století však pozorujeme příklon k neteologickému termínu já. Znamená tato změna také odklon od teologického porozumění indického pojmu, nebo se jedná o změnu pouze na úrovni terminologie?The paper is an introduction to author’s doctoral research guided by Com-parative Study of Cultures program. One of the main theories of the pro-gram is that existing understanding of Indian culture depends on Christian-theological framework. The author tests the theory by studying western re-ception of early Buddhism but, since the topic is so broad the paper shall focus on supposed main doctrine of Buddhism: anatman. Hence, the main question is formulated as follows: What is an understanding of anatman by Czech authors since the end of 19th century until today? The author shall show how the term atman was translated by theological conceptions spirit and soul and how this move effected an understanding of the term. During 20th century a shift is observed: atman is translated by non-theological con-cept self. Does this shift entail a change in understanding of the term or does it lie only on the level of terminology
Habitat in de derde wereld
No full textHabitat in de Derde Wereld. De invloed van de mikrokosmische woonwereld van de mens op de belevingswaarde en vormgeving van de gemeenschappelijke openbare ruimten bij woonnederzettingen in de ontwikkelingslandenUrbanismArchitectur
Woningbouw-stedebouw in de derde wereld; het vraagstuk van de sites-services projekten
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Preparing For Professional Practice In Industrial Engineering: A Complementary Capstone Experience Influenced By The Ec2000 Outcomes
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