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AMORIN, Beatriz  y  FRABASILE, Carolina. Students in focus: Move towards design. InterCambios [online]. 2025, vol.12, n.1, e202.  Epub 01-Dic-2025. ISSN 2301-0118.  https://doi.org/10.29156/inter.12.1.1.

The Laboratorio de Vidrio is one of the eleven materials laboratories within the Área Tecnológica of the Escuela Universitaria Centro de Diseño, which belongs to the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo at the Universidad de la República. It has been a space for teaching glass as a design material since 2010.

Its curricular units have been offered as electives for students from other programs within the Área de Tecnologías y Ciencias de la Naturaleza y el Hábitat, in line with the Universidad de la República’s Movete en la Udelar initiative.

This text presents the methodology and part of the results from the research project “Estudiantes en foco: Movete hacia el diseño”, conducted in 2023. The study explored a component of the “Prácticas contemporáneas de diseño en vidrio 2020-2021” project, which was approved in the call for Innovaciones Educativas en las Distintas Modalidades de la Enseñanza de la Udelar. It analyzed the perspective of Industrial Design students regarding the integration of entrepreneurs and students from other disciplines in the classroom. A qualitative methodological approach was employed through focus groups composed of Bachelor’s in Industrial Design students who worked alongside these individuals during 2020, 2021, and 2022. Additionally, a quantitative analysis was conducted on the integration of these teams across various courses and timeframes.

The focus groups highlighted a positive assessment of the inclusion of other participants in the classroom, where theoretical and practical knowledge is combined to create joint solutions. The importance of effective communication, coordination, and adaptability in teamwork was emphasized. This aims to improve teaching and learning practices not only in the curricular units linked to the Laboratorio de Vidrio but also in others impacted by the Movete en la Udelar program.

Palabras clave : research; focus groups; glass laboratory; educational innovation.

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