COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN OF EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5226 DESIGN OF EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HIKMET GÖKMEN

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

Nowadays, by the change of education approaches, educational spaces quality started to change. In this case, with this lesson, the criterias about school buildings relating with the the countries education systems will be learned and will be discussed comparatively with Türkiye. Structures that support education (museums, libraries, science centers, etc.) will also be discussed through examples.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the importance of the education-space relationship
2   Collecting information and conducting research on the subjects and building typologies within the scope of the course
3   Analyzing and criticizing examples of different educational structures
4   Evaluating educational buildings with all their dimensions (environment, land, general planning principles, color, materials, ...) and being able to convey this visually, written and verbally

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Getting acquainted with everyone, to introduce the lesson, to talk about the main concepts of the lesson and education system.
2 New approaches about education systems, Turkish education system, general design principles about educational spaces/ contex, relationships with the environment, architectural designs of education buildings.
3 Kindergartens and Pre-school Buildings: Design Principles and Examples
4 Kindergartens and Pre-school Buildings: Design Principles and Examples
5 Elementary School Buildings: Design Principles and Examples
6 Elementary School Buildings: Design Principles and Examples
7 Library Buildings: Design Principles and Examples
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Youth / Student Centres, Science Centres, Community Centres: Design Principles and Examples
10 Museums: Design Principles and Examples
11 Student Presentations and Discussion
12 Student Presentations and Discussion
13 Student Presentations and Discussion
14 Student Presentations and Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Supplementary Book(s):
Binat,B ve Şık, N., (Editör), Eğitim Yapıları, Vitra Çağdaş Mimarlık Dizisi 3, 2014
Bosch, R., Designing for a Better World Starts at School, 2018
Clark, A., Transforming Children s Spaces-Children s and Adults Participation in Designing Learning Environments, Routledge, 2010
Dudek, M., Architecture of Schools- The New Learning Environments, Architectural Press, Oxford, 2000
Dudek, M., Children s Spaces, Architectural Press, Oxford, 2005
Hudson, M. and White, T., Planning Learning Spaces, Laurence King Publishing, 2020
Karabey, H., Eğitim Yapıları, Literatür Yayınları:117, Istanbul, 2004
Onur, B., Çağdaş Müze, Eğitim ve Gelişim, Imge Yayınları, 2012
Onur, B., Oyuncaklı Dünya, Imge Yayınları, 2010
Şensoy, S. A. (Editör), Eğitim Yapıları ve Tasarımı, Pegem Akademi,2019
Tekeli, I., Eğitim Üzerine Düşünmek, TÜBA, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayınları, Ankara, 2004
References:
Materials:
Related articles list will be given to students.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teacher will inform students about different educational spaces design criteria by the help of examples. Student will make presentations about their researches. Discussions will be done with all class.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Understanding, collecting information, carrying out research will be evaluated by the midterm.
Critically thinking, analysing and interpretation will be evaluated by the homework.
Understanding, collecting information, carrying out research, critically thinking, analysing and interpretation will be evaluated by the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students will make presentations about the subjects that they choose in the contex of lesson.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hikmet.gokmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be explained later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 9 2 18
Practice (Reflection) 5 2 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 5 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.13
LO.2
LO.35
LO.4555

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