Team Projects + Team Teaching = Team Building

摘要

Architects in the 21st Century are required to work as key leaders of the design team in developing projects from inception to completion. Solid teamwork is essential for success in the architecture profession and the construction industry. Teaching teamwork to undergraduate architecture students has its challenges and rewards. At the University of Hartford we have chosen to teach our architecture design students team projects through team teaching. Projects involving teamwork offer considerable learning opportunities for the students. Working together and setting an example for students also offers considerable teaching opportunities for design faculty members. Team-taught courses offer numerous advantages for the students, faculty, administration, institution, and the profession. Many of these advantages will prove beneficial to the architecture students overall learning experience and serve to enhance their team building skills.