STAGE 5 Pedagogy

This unique module aims to provide a formal programme in the teaching of architectural design and communication. Fifth year students develop an understanding of the general principles of architectural pedagogy, through practical experience teaching on the Stage 1 undergraduate programme alongside tutors and through research in the field of higher education.

The focus is on historical and contemporary teaching and learning models that are specific to architecture including studio-based tutorials, seminars and design crits. The teaching and assessment of this module is divided into two components; Theory and Reflection and Practice and Evaluation.

Through the combination of pedagogical theory and research alongside direct teaching experience, the module seeks to promote its students as active agents for change in the Kent School of Architecture & Planning. Key Methods and strategies developed will be disseminated through the School, working with Stage 1 tutors, presenting to staff and students at crit sessions.

The students’ area of research this year was the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [UNSDGs] in relation to the stage 1 design module, Form Finding. This critical area of pedagogy, supported by appropriate research, explored methods of teaching that enhanced all students’ learning. In particular, how different strategies and their outcomes could enhance the students’ application of learned knowledge to the design module.This exemplorary research and its outcomes will be implemented in future stage 1 curriculum.

Rebecca Hobbs Module Convenor