A Tool to Assess Architectural Education from the Sustainable Development Perspective and the Students’ Viewpoint

Jordi Martínez-Ventura, Eduardo de-Miguel-Arbonés, Carla Sentieri-Omarrementería, Juanjo Galan and María Calero-Llinares
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Jordi Martínez-Ventura: Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain
Eduardo de-Miguel-Arbonés: Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain
Carla Sentieri-Omarrementería: Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain
Juanjo Galan: Department of Architecture, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland
María Calero-Llinares: Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, Universitat de València, 46022 València, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-40

Abstract: Architectural education plays a fundamental role in achieving sustainable development by training future professionals who can contribute to sustainability through their practice. Nevertheless, to ensure the introduction of sustainable development in the education of future architects, it is fundamental to understand what is being done and what could be improved. Despite this, a big gap has been detected in the assessment of architectural education in Spain and worldwide. Thus, a close-ended questionnaire for students has been designed based on the outcomes from a literature review, exploratory interviews with specialists, and the qualitative analysis of two schools of architecture. Additionally, it has been revised by experts, through the pilot study of a preliminary version, and with the supplementary analysis of the answers to a final test with students from different schools from Spain. In particular, this questionnaire allows for comprehensively measuring the students’ perception of their sustainability learning outcomes, their learning experience, and the connection between, with the aim of facilitating the adjustment of Spanish architectural education towards the introduction or enhancement of sustainable development by education managers, teachers, policymakers, and professional associations.

Keywords: architectural education; sustainability; education for sustainable development; introducing ESD in higher education curricula; instruments for assessing ESD in higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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