Accessible Community Centered School Structures (Access): An Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Process (Edp) Module for High School Students

Date of Award

12-2024

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

FR. FRANCIS D. ALVAREZ, S.J.

Abstract

New buildings must be designed and constructed with the participation of all stakeholders of the school, but there have been limited avenues for Junior High School students to propose their vision for the new buildings. New buildings to be constructed must also now be aligned with many modern standards of accessibility. These present an opportunity to design a module that will focus on campus accessibility and building design which can be used by any school undergoing the same drastic infrastructural changes. Such a module will be designed around the steps of the Engineering Design Process (EDP) and will be interdisciplinary to allow the integration of various subject areas. The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP) is utilized as the template for module plans. The module aims for students to not only apply their lessons, but also empower them to be involved for community infrastructure development. For educators, it can be an insight that the IPP contains ties with EDP as a problem-solving framework for life.

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