Using Modern Teaching Strategies to Improve Architectural Design Studio Pedagogy in West Bank. (Dept.A)

Abstract

The research aims to know the actual use of modern strategies to teach the architecture design studio in the departments of architecture in West Bank universities, to find differences in the use among instructors due to variables (gender, workplace, academic qualification, and the number of experience years and specialty), the extent of knowledge of modern teaching strategies between architecture instructors, and the appropriate teaching strategies for teaching design studio for each level of study.  This research's importance lies in spread awareness among instructors about modern design studio teaching strategies and their benefits to the learning process and to change reality and draw attention to new Architectural Design Studio Pedagogy. The descriptive and analytical approach in research implementation. The study tools are interviews and questionnaires.  All instructors have demonstrated their use of the following strategies: Brainstorming strategy, Problem-solving strategy, Group work Strategy, Project-based learning, Lecturer's strategy (developed), and Method of scientific trips and visits.