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This paper presents a proposal for updating and expanding the teaching of technical university students concerning the subject of roofs. Through the analysis of Polish textbooks and teaching studies, a lack of information on retractable roofs was identified. As a consequence, a lecture was prepared to fill this gap and presented to students of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and to teaching staff of the Silesian University of Technology. The main components of the lecture are presented in this article. Furthermore, a discussion was undertaken to analyse the possibilities of incorporating new content (in the form of supplementary material) into the currently run courses as well as into optional classes such as student workshops and optional facultative courses.

Retractable roofs in engineering education

Technical Transactions

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This paper presents a proposal for updating and expanding the teaching of technical university students concerning the subject of roofs. Through the analysis...

Retractable roofs in engineering education

Published Online: Apr 13, 2020

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Received: Nov 18, 2019

Accepted: Apr 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2020004

Keywords
fixed and retractable roofs, engineering education

© 2020 Anita Pawlak-Jakubowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Retractable roofs in engineering education

Published Online: Apr 13, 2020

Page range: -

Received: Nov 18, 2019

Accepted: Apr 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2020004

Keywordsfixed and retractable roofs, engineering education

© 2020 Anita Pawlak-Jakubowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
fixed and retractable roofs, engineering education