Application of Housing History Courses by Experiential Learning Method: An Example of Housing Course in Anatolia from Past to Present

Abstract

Most of the theoretical courses that involved on the process of design education are explained through exemplification on concrete objects. Students can understand abstract concepts more easily during theoretical classes but find it difficult to perceive the object or space in concrete visuals. The study in this direction has actualized to present the contribution of the students to learning process and the effect on the increase of their professional interest by the methods frequently used on architectural history courses, within the cycle of expression, presentation, discussion and model making. The study took place within the Akdeniz University Architecture Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture elective course (the Housings of Anatolia through the Ages) with the contribution of 34 students that are currently on the third year. Within the scope of the study, students were divided into 6 groups; prepared reports on the subjects researching the local or periodical issues of Anatolian geography and completed the course process by making a scale model of the housing type they selected in accordance with these reports. As a result of this study to determine the earnings, a three-dimensional survey prepared in the form of 5 point likert scale questionnaire consisting of; effect of motivation, contribution to education and professional experience has been applied to 34 students that took the course. In the light of the data obtained, it was determined that the support of theoretical knowledge with the model activity in the education of the History of Architecture courses contributes to the learning process of the student and increases her/his professional disposition.

Keywords

• anatolia
• housing
• history of housing
• history of architecture
• scale model