De Carli, B.A. and Kinnear, M. (2015) Learning amidst urban practices: reflections on Architecture Sans Frontières. Charrette, 2 (1). pp. 46-56. ISSN 2054-6718
Abstract
This paper reflects on the teaching and learning activities of Architecture Sans Frontières –UK, and particularly the independent learning programme titled 'Challenging Practice: Essentials for the Social Production of Habitat'. Challenging Practice is a course that seeks to enable built environment professionals to engage reflexively with the challenges of international development in cities globally. The paper aims to explore the action-based component of the course in its interrelations with two overlapping contexts. On the one hand, it addresses the pedagogic principles underpinning the course and the links between site-specific live projects and learner-centred, off-site reflection. The focus is placed on the iterations and mediations between learning and action entailed by this methodology. On the other hand, the paper seeks to critically contextualise field-based experiences as part of the strategic framework of the organisation – highlighting the challenges and opportunities of initiating learning projects that are aligned with a series of social development outcomes based on the partners' requirements and needs. Through these explorations, the paper reflects on the ways in which action-learning has induced for ASF-UK a shift in focus from built environment professions to urban practices, and an expanded definition of 'learning' within this context.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 association of architectural educators (aae). Charrette is the open access peer reviewed journal of the asssociation of architectural educators (aae). Contributions are welcomed from practitioners and theorists engaged in innovative and significant architectural education and research. |
Keywords: | Action-Learning Frameworks and Methodologies; Critical Pedagogy; Participation; Urban Learning; Urban Practice |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2016 13:55 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2016 13:55 |
Published Version: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/arched/char/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Association of Architectural Educators (aae) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:100403 |