scholarly journals Problematic Flexibility as an Asset for a Thorough Reflection on Architectural Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 210-225
Author(s):  
Dag Boutsen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Special Experiment ◽  
Continuous Exercise ◽  
Educational Experiment ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
Almost All

This paper is exploring the benefits and assets of an educational experiment without clear ownership. More specifically, it is about a form of democracy of doing in almost all the phases of a continuous exercise in the WTC1-tower in Brussels. An unintended lack of control over the different event processes led to a curious form of critical thinking about the “context” for architectural ‘schooling’, which is generally understood as necessary. The very special experiment contains many more elements than anyone could have foreseen.

Scholarly skills as everyday practice – implications for education

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-236
Author(s):  
Inga Wernersson ◽  
Monica Hansen Orwehag
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
One Year ◽  
Almost All

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how teachers, nurses and engineers view the use of scholarly skills, such as research and critical thinking, in occupational practice and what implications this understanding may have for (especially) teacher education. Design/methodology/approach – Engineers, nurses and teachers who had worked for at least one year after their education was interviewed (telephone interviews). Four interviews from each category were made in this exploratory study. Findings – Few of the interviewees spontaneously connect their research methods training or other elements of scientific thinking in their education to everyday work practice, but all give examples of systematic, reflective and critical elements as features present in the occupational context. Almost all also view the final thesis work done in their respective programmes as a gratifying experience. Further, they describe the freedom and independence they have in their choice of research question and form of work as appealing and encouraging. Research limitations/implications – The study is exploratory and the results should be used to develop ideas about how to improve scholarly/scientific training in profession-oriented higher education programmes. Practical implications – This paper explore ways to understand and further develop the teaching of scholarly/scientific attitudes and ways of thinking in profession-oriented university programmes. Social implications – Scholarly skills such as critical thinking, analytical skills and awareness of different perspectives are important in all professions. How to design education to optimize such skills is important for people and society. Originality/value – The value of the study is that it is a try to use experiences from different fields to improve the generic scholarly aspects of professional education (especially teacher education).

The energy landscape concept and its implications for synthesis planning

2014 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 883-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Materials Chemistry ◽  
Energy Landscapes ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
Synthesis Planning ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Potential Energy Landscapes ◽  
Almost All

AbstractSynthesis of novel solids, in a chemical sense, is one of the spearheads of innovation in materials research. However, such an undertaking is substantially impaired by lack of control and predictability. We present a concept that points the way towards rational planning of syntheses in solid state and materials chemistry. The foundation of our approach is the representation of the whole material world, i.e., the known and not-yet-known chemical compounds, on an energy landscape, which implies information about the free energies of these configurations. From this it follows at once that all chemical compounds capable of existence (both thermodynamically stable and metastable ones) are already present in virtuo in this landscape. For the first step of synthesis planning, i.e., the identification of candidates that are capable of existence, we computationally search the respective potential energy landscapes for (meta)stable structure candidates. Recently we have extended our techniques to finite temperatures and pressures and calculated phase diagrams, including metastable manifestations of matter, without resorting to any experimental pre-information. The conception developed is physically consistent, and its feasibility has been proven. Applying appropriate experimental tools has enabled us to realize, e.g., elusive Na3 N, including almost all of its predicted polymorphs, many years after the predictions were published.

scholarly journals Strengthening critical thinking through reading strategies in higher education students from Monteria, Colombia

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (44) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Maria G. GARCIA ◽  
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Dayan A. GUZMAN ◽  
Lida M. PINTO ◽  
Dalis VERGARA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Noticeable Improvement ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Superior Level

This research aims to describe how students’ critical thinking skills could be strengthened using reading strategies. In the methodology, quantitative and qualitative approaches were used, as well as a diagnostic test, a semi-structured interview, and a pedagogic strategy based on Facione´s critical thinking skills. Results showed that all strategies contributed to strengthening critical thinking skills. It was also encountered a noticeable improvement in the explanation skill. In the video strategy, tudents obtained a high or superior level in almost all the skills.

EFFECTS OF ACTIVE STRATEGIC TEACHING MODEL (ASTM) IN CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maziar Asefi ◽  
Elnaz Imani
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Strategic Teaching ◽  
Critical And Creative Thinking

Improving creative and critical thinking is one of the most important objectives in architectural education. The present research has been performed to investigate the effects of active strategic teaching model (ASTM), on creative and critical thinking skills of architecture students. This quasi-experimental study is of a causal-comparative type and was done as two-group experimental research (control and intervention) using pre-test, post-test method during 2014-2016. The statistical society of the research consists of students of Architecture Design Studio 4 at Tabriz Islamic Art University. The students of control group were carried out with conventional method while the intervention group received active strategic model. The creative and critical thinking skills were compared in both groups in specific dimensions based on reviewing the design process. The statistical analysis was conducted by SPSS software and descriptive statistics, independent t-test, chi-square and ANOVA were used. However, interpretation of the results weren’t causal. In this review, the majority of students could obtain proper results dependent on the amount of their efforts which indicate the relative success of both methods. But, comparing the mean differences of the results in two groups shows a significant difference in enrichment of critical and creative thinking skills of the intervention group in comparison with the control group. In fact, using ASTM led to develop the critical and creative thinking skills as one of the main missions of architectural education and finally led to more and also sustainable achievements in creative procedure of architectural design.

scholarly journals LABOR MARKET UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIA

THE BULLETIN ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 389 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
A.E. Agumbayeva ◽  
R.S. Gabdualieva ◽  
A.U. Tulegenova ◽  
B.K. Kurmantaeva ◽  
J.A. Tlesova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Information Support ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

The labor market in Kazakhstan, as it is changing around the world and is probably transforming beyond recognition in a year. A pandemic dictates its own rules to the labor market: many companies have begun to cut staff costs, parting even with valuable employees. In conditions of forced self-isolation during the coronavirus epidemic, for many people, the problem of employment came first. People working in quarantined sectors are left without means of subsistence and are forced to look for a place in other areas. The decline in quantitative indicators since the beginning of March is observed in almost all sectors. Previously, it was possible to work for decades by the same standards, but now approaches to work change several times a year. In conditions when many competencies quickly become obsolete, “flexible skills” come to the fore - logical and critical thinking, creativity, adaptability to changes, the ability to build relationships with people and solve complex problems. The pandemic will bring significant changes to the labor market. According to the authors, self-development and the acquisition of new skills will be the only trend in the modern labor market. In order to successfully overcome the crisis, it is necessary to provide affordable financing for business and the public. In the conditions of this kind of crisis, it is necessary to increase the responsibility and coordination of all state bodies and their orientation towards job creation and employment. To this end, it is proposed to strengthen the functions of state bodies in facilitating information support to business in times of crisis. It is also necessary to ensure the complete digitalization of public services and the provision of high-quality and relevant data on the labor market to the population.

scholarly journals The Teaching and Learning of Academic Writing Involving Critical Thinking in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 975-981
Author(s):  
Fahmy Imaniar ◽  
Lies Amin Lestari ◽  
Ahmad Munir
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Almost All

Academic writing and critical thinking are two things which strongly deal with higher education context, especially for EFL students. Unfortunately, the process of the teaching and learning which deals with the two aforementioned things was rarely researched. Hence, this current study aimed at revealing the process of teaching and learning of academic writing which involves critical thinking in higher education level. It was carried out through qualitative approach with non-participatory observation and interview as the data collection techniques. The participants were the subject teacher as the one who taught academic writing and also the students in the academic writing class. The result shows that the process of teaching and learning of academic writing consisted of several phases united into a set prevailing for each type of academic writing. Furthermore, critical thinking is engaged within almost all phases with different way of its existence. This study is expected to open eyes towards what occurs in the field, rather than to only value and judge.

scholarly journals Implementasi Asesmen Peta Konsep Untuk Mengukur Struktur Kognitif Dan Berpikir Kritis Dalam Pembelajaran Berbasis Masalah

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Jeje Sudarja ◽  
Sofyan Hasanudin Nur ◽  
Abdul Muis
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Almost All

Learning assessment which is usually used has not facilitated the developing of cognitive structure and critical thinking in problem solving. It gives an effect to the learning result which is not satisfied yet. One of the assessment which develops the meaningful learning is map concept. The aim of the research is to analysis accomplished learning, map concept quality which is arranged by the students, the developing of cognitive structure and critical thinking, the relationship between map concept quality which is arranged by the students and the developing of cognitive structure and critical thinking. The research is a quasi experiment with Randomized Pretest Post Test Control Group Design. The research population is all the 9th grader students in SMPN 1 Karangkancana Kuningan in academic year 2015/2016. The number of the students is 116. The sample of the research is taken by Simple Random Technique, 58 students. The achievement of research result is (1) The accomplished of learning� is categorized �good�, every stage of learning in accordance with the planning but still found obstacles. (2) The map quality concept which is categorized �fair� and �bad�, and no category of� �high � , which is designed learning has not been able to facilitate students in the achievement of the four components of the concept maps perfectly. (3) There is a significant progress in structure cognitive and students critical thinking is categorized �fair�, students are not familiar with the of learning that develops the cognitive structure and critical thinking. (4) There is a positive correlation between map concept quality and students critical thinking which is categorized �strong�,� and there is linearity unidirectional nature, every increase in the quality of concept maps followed by an increase in critical thinking. (5) The student positive is categorized �almost all�, students are very enthusiastic and very active in learning activities. It can be concluded that map concept assessment can develop cognitive structure and students critical thinking, also, there is a significant relationship between map quality concept and students critical thinkingKeywords : Concept Map Assessment; Cognitive Structure; Critical Thinking;Problem Based Learning�

scholarly journals Envisioning Higher Education for the Future

2021 ◽  
pp. 393-399
Author(s):  
Henning Jensen-Pennington
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Artistic Creativity ◽  
Material Production ◽  
Societal Development ◽  
Scientific Innovation ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Almost All

AbstractIn a constantly changing global society, higher education faces threats, challenges and opportunities that are not static, but are constantly evolving and transforming. Higher education institutions are prone to appreciate universal values, traditions and stability, which is specific and extremely relevant assets that help explain the profound roots they have put down across many cultures and highlight their enduring contribution to societal development in almost all dimensions, from material production and scientific innovation to artistic creativity and critical thinking about the surrounding world.

Architecture is not Technology:- The Space of Differentiation in Architectural Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Karassowitsch
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Education ◽  
Spiritual Practice ◽  
Technological Parameters ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Almost All

An unspoken issue of increasing priority in architectural education is the under developed differentiation between architecture and technology. Almost all of the qualifications whereby an architect is prepared for and is permitted to practice professionally are technological parameters. But architecture is not technology. Architecture is, however, both protected by and obscured thru technology being in the forefront that means it is both of benefit and a hindrance. Architecture being undifferentiated from technology and named in terms of technology thus allows the issue to stay safely within the pragmatic assertion of professionalism that is set up during an education mainly controlled by the profession. Within that is a nascent architectural impulse that resides largely unspoken but which is nonetheless evolved and evolving and shared. The unrevealed architecture generates an aura of the mysterious and the radical which that contributes a greatly to the intensity of mundane and well known work. This paper examines how architectural technology obviates a space of differentiation within architecture, which may be examined phenomenologically in terms of the essence of humanity, whereby architecture has an original ontological correlation with human aspiration. This will be supported with the well known — for brevity — theoretical and practical examples around the work of Heidegger, Louis I. Kahn. Along with phenomenology, we will introduce philosophies of spiritual practice collectively called rajayoga. The latter is a millennia long experiment with well documented research into human aspiration. The paper concludes with examples of architecture presencing this space of differentiation and suggests the implications on the profession of an education that scan develop the super-ordinate program that is architectural practice.

scholarly journals Timelines: Engaging with Critical Thinking through Visual Contextualization

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Vialard ◽  
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Peter Holgate ◽  
Shaun Young ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Visual Knowledge ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
Visual Bias

In architectural education, the use of precedents to inform studio design process is recognized, supported and mandated by many professional architectural accreditation boards. However, the study of precedents in taught history and theory courses may not automatically lead to application in architectural design. Too often, the relationship remains superficial, and primarily visual or formal. The rise of online sources means that websites have become a major source for students’ collections of architectural precedents. Platforms, such as Pinterest, provide a repository of alluring images, allowing access to a burgeoning array of precedents. Such ease of access may however reinforce superficial readings of buildings through images that mitigate against deep analysis. Architectural educators seek to teach students to interrogate examples beyond the immediate image, and to instill critical thinking in order that precedent analysis becomes meaningful when making informed decisions during the design phase. This innovative proposal builds upon architecture’s visual bias by introducing evaluative analysis in the form of a pictorial timeline that seeks to contextualize a specific building within a larger set of precedents as the starting point for a critical framework. This provides students with a tool for critically organising visual knowledge in order to create new design applications. This timeline assignment, which has developed over 4 years, has evolved from a method to select and organize precedents into a comparison tool that can practically shape and define architectural strategies. When this knowledge is transferred to studio design projects, such architectural strategies enable deep evaluation of buildings towards facilitating justified design decisions.

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