Environmental comfort concepts awareness: didactic-pedagogical experience in an Itinerant School

Sensibilização aos conceitos de conforto Ambiental: experiência didático-pedagógica em escola itinerante

Abstract

The Escola da Cidade is an institution that seeks to integrate innovative didactic-pedagogical practices into the Architecture and Urbanism curriculum. Among these initiatives is the Itinerant School, wherein students have the opportunity to embark on a journey each semester to a city or region in Latin America. In this context, this paper aims to share the didactic-pedagogical experience conducted with first-year students during the Itinerant School in the Vale do Paraíba region. An activity was developed to sensitize these students to the concepts of environmental comfort, employing a booklet for answering questions and sketching. An intuitive exercise was created, incorporating icons, and organized into themes guiding the fundamental points of sensory analysis for the understanding of all aspects of the environmental quality of the visited spaces. The results obtained demonstrated a positive impact on sensitizing and expanding the technical repertoire of these students. Consequently, the booklet can be replicated in external activities, such as trips and technical visits, for other Architecture and Urbanism courses.

Keywords
Environmental comfort; Teaching and learning; Didactic-pedagogical proposal; Itinerant school; Vale do Paraíba