Methodologies for teaching Building Construction. Flipped Teaching

Abstract

Traditional classes develop a passive attitude of students to their learning, which contradicts expectations in the final assessment where students are expected to demonstrate the practical skills they have been developed in the course. Construction Technology II and Construction Technology III, both are second-year undergraduate courses in the Bachelor of Building Engineering program, (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia), subjects primarily treat the building envelope and its constructive and hydrothermal behavior. Construction Technology II and Construction Technology II, both are second-year undergraduate subjects in the Bachelor of Building Engineering program. Inside this program, we have conducted a new experiment applying Reverse Methodology, also called Flipped Teaching, in order to encourage more active students in their learning. Flipped Teaching Methodology is carried out within the aforementioned Bachelor's cited program, specifically in the English Group, composed mainly by students of the Erasmus Program. Experimental course design is presented here, which included learning activities to greater interaction student-professor and student-student during classroom activities through Individual and Group Projects and Collaborative Learning.