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CHAPTER TWO
METHODOLOGY
Side Lesson A – 2.1: Action
Research is a methodology
developed by Kurt Lewin
which uses critical reection
to link the process of taking
action and doing research
resulting in a transformation
of the educational/learning
process.
2.1 A System of Approach
I
n any noteworthy scholarly accomplishment, a path, method
and/or process is necessary to accomplish learning objectives
and outcomes. LEED Lab is no exception. In 2014, the Crough
Center was the rst architecture school in the world to achieve
LEED O+M certication and became the rst curriculum-based,
student-driven and completed LEED O+M certication in history
because of its approach to achieving performance and pedagogi-
cal outcomes.
By creating a building performance process that monitors how
efciently a building meets the needs of thermal comfort, venti-
lation, energy, lighting, and many other performance variables,
the LEED Lab course continuously optimizes building manage-
ment and sustainable education at the same time. Synergistic
evaluation of buildings between students, facility personnel,
and faculty through one platform provides singular principles
of action, which enable participation by all members in every
stratum of the university community, as well as the community
beyond.
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The approach creates a high-caliber analytical achieve-
ment embedded within a methodology called action research.
Action research (Side Lesson A: Action Research) is a scientic
approach utilizing research to solve an immediate condition, or
a process for solving problems between teams. It has become an
important part of a number of research programs, especially in
the eld of education,
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because it discovers and describes prob-
lems and realities and addresses them through collaboration. It
starts with the understanding that people hold deep knowledge
about their lives and experiences and about their surroundings.
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The need for practical outcomes, such as those which LEED
Lab requires for its building assessment, places action research
within a social context where the environment of the ‘experi-
ment’ and the experiment itself interact, and in which values play
a critical role.
DOI: 10.4324/9780429449703-2
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