Improving the Instructional Methods of a Sophomore-Level Interior Design Studio Course through Instructional Design
Definition
It has been seen that, in Turkey there is a great miscommunication between the students of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Architecture etc. and the coordinators of the studio which are one of the most important courses in terms of credits and density. It is compulsory for studio coordinators to develop solutions towards the problems that the students are facing in the studio. This problem is as important as research to realize learning outcomes. At the end of semester the success can be reached by the systematic planning of both subjects.
Under the lights of these problems the main aim of this project is to redesign the education process in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Studios in order to solve the communication problems between students and teachers by applying the techniques derived from a pilot study. With this the other aims of the project are as follows:
Aim-1: Planning by using instructional design methods in order to minimize the problems of communication in design studios,
Aim -2: Activate and improve the materials of the course that is shared with the students,
Aim -3: Creating a guide both for students and for instructors in order to show the difficulties and the solutions in design studios,
Aim -4: Creating the required infrastructure for the newly established educational unit “Innovative Teaching and Learning” and to transfer this infrastructure to the other areas.
Aim -5: Creating a background for the studio courses of Yaşar University Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and programing an instructional program that will suit the principles of 2nd, 3rd and 4th year studios.
Researchers:
- Assoc. Dr. Gülnur Ballice
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Çağrı Özköse Bıyık
- Int. Arch. Ebru Bengisu Chatzıkonstantinou