Designing a universal form of education

H2: Issue (edit full sentences)

There are various reasons why traditional school models are battling for relevance today. A few of them are laid down below:

The top-down, teach-and-test method, in which learning is motivated by a system of rewards and punishments rather than by curiosity or by any real desire to know, is the first place to begin the inquiry. What follows this inquiry, is the curriculum, questioning its usefulness to the vast amount of children who cannot question the authority/board. Lastly is the competitive environment that the children have to be moulded into, is this eroding creativity/critical thinking?

Almost any grownup individual usually can raise similar doubts. However, when one of the key objectives of schooling which are usually stated as building careers - when they are not being met, there’s certainly a huge problem. This is usually caused by the rapidly outdated conventional learning provided against the evolving work and technology.

H4: Is this evidence enough that there should be a call for newer models of learning?

H2: Brief (edit full sentences)

The problem with schools is not only the frameworks, but the outdated built forms they spring from as well. Hence, the actual issue is not just about the way of teaching but the perception of school as a function. As an advocate of a better environment, designers can not only argue what may be the right direction to move but show how the model of a better school of today could be. 

H4: On the basis of the discussed outline, the design challenge was to conceive a new model of school with a vehicle of the built environment to portray it.

The challenge did not dwell into drafting an education curriculum as academicians are much better individuals to do this. Participants' role in this problem was to discover how valuable learning models can be imparted with newer forms of the built environment. Building on these questions they had to design a relevant school. 

• How can existing schools be made more friendly to these essential life skills through smaller retrofits?

 • How to prepare our children with dependable thought processes that work in tandem with our changing societies?

 • How do existing perceptions of pedagogy be shaken up so schools are compelled to evolve?

 • As most cities are mitigating problems with density, how can schools be stacked but still not lose their means of imparting a holistic education?

H2: Here are the best of competition projects:

Winning project: SITUATIONS SCH

H4: By:  Mariana Rios, Lety Lozano

Description: We believe learning should not be restricted to a specific space, it needs to be a nonstop process, a mindset to transform all human-made environments into learning opportunities. Therefore a school should be a place where children learn how to learn through their natural behaviours? play and exploration? and at their own pace.