Concepts, Culture and Communication in Architecture.

Autor/in	Barron, Colin
Titel	Concepts, Culture and Communication in Architecture.
Quelle	(1985), (68 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Architectural Education; Class Activities; Communication Skills; Concept Formation; Course Descriptions; Cross Cultural Training; Cultural Context; Curriculum Design; Developing Nations; English for Special Purposes; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Intercultural Communication; Interdisciplinary Approach; Non Western Civilization; Student Developed Materials; Teacher Developed Materials; Papua New Guinea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsstil; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Kursstrukturplan; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Lehrplangestaltung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Papua-New Guinea; Papua-Neuguinea
Abstract	A student-centered, cross-disciplinary approach was developed to teach English language skills to first-year architecture students at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology. The course addressed the problem of native architecture students' lack of training in oral skills and lack of experience in expressing familiar architectural concepts in Western terms, especially in written form. The students used real architectural input for the language classes, working individually, in pairs, and in groups to produce architectural projects from the design classes. By making use of the students' native artistic skills in the design classes and by exploiting their knowledge of concepts in traditional forms in both the design and language classes, the approach builds their understanding of the concepts in Western terms. In this way background knowledge is supplemented with new knowledge, and substantial communication skills are acquired. Appendixes include outline materials for the students prepared by members of the Department of Architecture and examples of student projects. (Author/MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC