Educacional Strategies for developing Architecture and Urbanismo projects based on self-awareness skills: a multi method study.
Design techniques. Personal expression. Self-knowledge. ToM. AU awareness. Social psychology.
The present work analyzes and evaluates teaching-learning in project activities based on the application of techniques for developing self-awareness skills (HAuto). It is understood that self-awareness is a mental process stable enough to be seen as a personal expression (FENIGSTEIN, SCHEIER, & BUSS, 1975). Under this approach, an intervention is presented in teaching-learning activities, especially in design exercises and in moments of development for the elaboration of architectural and urban planning projects using the skills of self-awareness (HAuto), highlighting three: self-knowledge, Theory of Mind (ToM) and visual perception. This research is qualitative and comparative in nature, classified as a quasi-experiment, in which the testing measure T is used as suggested by Shadish, Cook and Campbell (2002) and in two times T1 and T2, pre and posttest (CRESWELL , 2010). In addition to comparing the results between two groups, one experimental group and the other control group, using the Revised Self-Consciousness Scale (EAC-R, Scheier & Carver, 1985), data was crossed using semi-structured interviews in the teams of students from the experimental group and evaluation by external teachers on the final projects of both groups (experimental and control). It starts from the premise that investigating project activities in the core disciplines of AU courses raises questions about amplification and quality for student training and teacher training. After collecting and crossing the data, it was concluded that the EAC-R and the evaluation of external teachers did not make it possible to verify the hypothesis, but indicated the possibility of developing an evaluation scale aimed at AU students who are using HAuto in their projects. The analyzes of the semi-structured interview were positive, which suggests that the HAuto used in the development of AU projects can expand the training of students and the training of teachers in AU projects.