Focus and Scope

ABE (Advances in Building Education / Innovación Educativa en Edificación) is a three-times-a-year online research journal founded in December 2016 at the Department of Building Technology in the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. It publishes original scientific works in English or Spanish about Educational Innovation in Technical Degrees in the scope of Building, Architecture, Engineering and Construction. It is a free full-text peer-reviewed “Open Acces” journal which does not charge any publication fee to the authors.

ABE (Advances in Building Education / Innovación Educativa en Edificación) is aimed at an international audience, especially professors, teachers, researchers, students and anyone interested in pedagogical issues in the scope of building construction.

Without being limited to, scientific articles focus mainly on:

  • Rethinking the role of education in Technical Degrees
  • Learning and Teaching Methodologies
  • Evaluation and Assessment of Student Learning
  • Collaborative and Problem-based Learning
  • Flipped Learning
  • Technological issues in education (e-Learning, blended learning, mobile learning, Apps, Social Media, etc)
  • Technology-Enhanced Learning (ICT, MOOCs, BIM, augmented reality, virtual reality, etc)
  • New projects and innovations
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Vocational Training
  • New challenges for the Higher Education Area
  • Experiences in New degrees
  • International cooperation in Teaching
  • Innovative teaching material
  • Adaptation of primary and high school courses to technical degrees.