Hi First I have no experience with studio teaching....so take my comments with a grain of salt :-) Are there time or places that the all the students make decision that all project grapple with? These decision points might be an opportunity to bring students together in a tbl activity In a civil engineering capstone I help designed.....with mange the convergence and divigerence in the process...we converge the students to the next big project decision...following decisions...students go back to their individual project....then we facilitate/mentor one of one allowing projects to progress and diverge Then again we converge towards next big decision point Jim Sibley Sorry for brief message -sent from my iPad On 2011-12-11, at 8:21 AM, "Anderson, Nadia [ARCH]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: E c > I am interested to hear if anyone has used TBL in design studios or other types of studio courses. I have begun using TBL in my architectural theory course and have used it to create design teams in my studio courses but am curious to figure out how/if the methods can be applied to a course that is process rather than content-oriented. Studio courses have a high number of contact hours (13/week) and the typical interaction method is one-on-one desk critiques in which the instructor meets with the student to discuss his/her project. Projects typically last anywhere from a few weeks to an entire semester and are meant to synthesize learning from a range of courses in addition to the studio. Students sometimes work with a partner or as part of a team but this is still the exception. > > I ask not only out of interest in improving my teaching but also because I do research into the power structures of the architectural profession. How pedagogy affects the profession, both historically and currently, is part of this work. > > Thanks, > Nadia > > > Nadia M. Anderson > Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture > Iowa State University > 590 College of Design > Ames, IA 50011 > > Phone: 515-294-0339 > Fax: 515-294-1440 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > http://bridgestudio.design.iastate.edu > http://www.designacrossboundaries.org