Innovation
Educational CAP

To support its new entrants and facilitate their integration, BUILDERS has designed CAP’ (Cohesion, Acculturation and Professionalisation), an innovative teaching method that encourages social integration, acculturation to the building and civil engineering sector and skills development.

CAP is part of the DDRS strategy (Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility) and is based on four major objectives:

• Facilitating student integration strengthening group cohesion
• Discover the building and civil engineering sector and its environmental challenges
•  Developing a learning culture using active teaching methods
•  Promoting the values of citizenship and social commitment

The approach adopted is immersive, interactive and disruptive, with innovative teaching formats to capture students' interest and stimulate their commitment.

Immersive experiences and innovative teaching methods

• Serious games in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to explore the challenges of sustainable construction
• Interactive workshops photolanguage, collaborative murals, passe-parole, Rube Goldberg machines
• Conferences, debates and round tables on building and public works and the ecological transition

Discover the building and public works sector and its challenges

• Visits to eco-responsible building sites and eco-districts
• Exploring biobased materials research laboratories
• Urban observation walks and street theatre on sustainable city issues

Personal development and civic commitment

• Theatre, concerts and themed evenings
• Scientific exhibitions and promotion of student projects
• Personal development coaching interviews

• Phase 1 - Acclimatisation (early September)
  A week of’immersion focused on collaborative working and collective intelligence to help students integrate.
•  Phase 2 - Raising awareness (early October)
  A second week of’actions dedicated to the ecological transition, to raise students' awareness of environmental issues in the construction industry.
• Phase 3 - Maturation (throughout the school year)
  A red wire events and initiatives related to personal development, the fight against discrimination and inclusion.

• Living well together promoting inclusion, equality and diversity
•  Environmental issues Understanding the challenges of sustainable construction in the Anthropocene era
• Learning to learn Developing self-learning and collective intelligence skills

CAP is based on the work of the Department of Pedagogical Innovation (DIP) BUILDERS School of Engineering, in particular through :

•  InEDi project a collaborative programme between six Caen north campus, to promote inclusion, equality and tolerance, and to prevent gender-based and sexual violence (GBV).
•  GaLaADD project a Game Lab dedicated to learning about sustainable development, offering fun educational resources on eco-responsible construction and the ecological transition.
•  BUILDERS wins the CGE Teaching Innovation Prize
  Thanks to GaLaADD, BUILDERS École d'Ingénieurs has been rewarded for its commitment to the’innovative and sustainable education.