Study tours in teaching architecture and urbanism: improving the itinerary
Authors:
- Bartłomiej Homiński
Abstract
Study tours are an experience-based form of architectural education that is not often used. Summarised in this article are the results of a study conducted between 2017 and 2019 on study tours run as part of a curriculum for overseas students at a technical university in Poland. In treating architectural sightseeing as an experience - as understood under Kolb’s experiential learning theory - the author traced which of the sites visited during the study tours were selected by students for in-depth case studies, and whether there existed a link between these choices and the time spent at a given site. Findings of the study were that students select sites for in-depth case studies where they spenda longer time visiting, and that students rarely engage in in-depth case studies of large urban projects, despite the significant time spent exploring them. There are other factors that affect student choices. The results of this study can aid the planning and enhancing of study tour itineraries. Further research will allow a fuller understanding of the effect of visit time and other factors on the educational outcomes of study tours.
- Record ID
- CUT0c13c0403b3a443b98ff7994652c75a8
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, ISSN 1446-2257
- Issue year
- 2020
- Vol
- 18
- No
- 3
- Pages
- 296-301
- Other elements of collation
- fot.; rys.; schem.; tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 301; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 15; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 18, No. 3
- Keywords in English
- study tour, study abroad, off-campus study, urban design, experiential learning theory, precedent study
- URL
- http://www.wiete.com.au/journals/WTE&TE/Pages/TOC_V18N3.html Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 70
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT0c13c0403b3a443b98ff7994652c75a8/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT0c13c0403b3a443b98ff7994652c75a8
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