Spatial Design Education

Download or read book Spatial Design Education written by Professor Ashraf M Salama and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, design education is dealt with as a paradigm whose evolutionary processes, underpinning theories, contents, methods, tools, are questioned and critically examined. Building on twenty-five years of research and explorations into design pedagogy in architecture and urban design, this book authoritatively offers a critical analysis of a continuously evolving profession, its associated societal processes and the way in which design education reacts to their demands. Innovative teaching practices in lecture-based and introductory design courses are identified and characterized including inquiry-based, active and experiential learning. These investigations are all interwoven to elucidate a comprehensive understanding of contemporary design education in architecture and allied disciplines.