CLASSROOM-PROVEN LESSON PLANS IN
Architecture
AND THE RULES OF GOOD DESIGN
Here are a dozen short assignments introducing the students to the idea of design, along with the scaffolding for a four-week class debate (and research paper) on architects. Some students will know a lot more than others about this, and the topic expands into all kinds of areas. Several of the teaching seminars I have attended mention design as one of the critical skills our students need to understand for their careers.
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Why You Should teach design
Design is everywhere. Students notice the primacy of design immediately in any Apple product, and they quickly extend it to cars and video games. The trick is to capture their interest and let them express it in well-structured essays.
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Contrast
Students will study the “conventional view” of a subject with their own insightful and original opinion, this is the heart of any research paper and students will be excited to write them.
Critical Thinking
All of us have several places we have been that really stand out – places we feel comfortable, and inspired. Students often enjoy describing these places.
Bring Ideas Home.
Students will be asked to go out and research a wide variety of new topics, from architecture to literature, cities to movies to heroes to happiness – and then come back and write a solid essay breaking down that topic.
- Interior Design
- Architecture
- Project Management
