Heads' Meetings 2004
Agenda
Preliminary Programme and Content of the Sessions
Session 1: Learning Outcomes and Generic Competences for the New Architectural Curricula.
Sunday morning, 5 September 2004 , 9:00-10:30 introductory panel, 11:00-13:30 workshop
What should be the contemporary profile of a graduate from a European school of architecture? Which competences should this person have? Which skills, abilities and capacities should his/her education ensure? How can we rank those competences and learning outcomes? Which are the most significant ones? Can we agree upon a ranking order of those competences? There are different ways to ‘translate' those competences in terms of curriculum contents, structures and teaching practices. Can we map some of them in order to have a reference point to inspect them as to different curriculum profiles (ethical-philosophical, structural, operational, vocational, academic, artistic, technical, etc)? How can we construct the European curriculum of each school without looking for harmonisation of its degree programme to any sort of unified, prescriptive or definitive prefabricated curriculum? How can the discussion about competences and learning outcomes become a tool for the protection of the rich diversity of European architectural educations without restricting or damaging the independence of local and national academic authority?
Session 2: Learning Outcomes and Competences Related to the Research in Architecture
Sunday afternoon, 5 September 2004 , 15:00-16:00 introductory panel, 16:30-18:30 workshop
Research is one of the main pillars of the European Higher Education Area. Research is not only developed into the framework of postgraduate studies but increasingly becomes, through different forms and practices, part of the undergraduate curricula. Which are the desired learning outcomes and competences including skills, abilities, knowledge and content of the profile of the academic researcher in architecture? What is this academic profile? How can the above competences be ‘translated' into contents of the undergraduate curriculum (topics to be covered) and into structure of this curriculum (modules and credits)? What are the strategies and objectives for such a translation? Which priorities, which ethics of the learning outcome? Which approaches to teaching and learning are appropriate to ensure those learning outcomes and competences (types of teaching methods, techniques and formats)? Which methods of assessment can we apply to evaluate the achievement of those competences (when required, which kind of teaching material must be produced)? Which educational units and activities must be created to achieve the defined learning outcomes?
Session 3/4: Learning Outcomes and Competences Related to the Profession(s) that ‘Emerge' from Architectural Studies
Monday afternoon, 6 September 2004 , 15:00-16:00 introductory panel, 16:30-18:30 workshop
Tuesday morning, 7 September 2004 , 9:00-10:30 introductory panel, 11:00-13:00 workshop
Which are the desired learning outcomes and competences including skills, knowledge and content of the professional profiles related to architectural education? What are those profiles? How can the above competences be translated into contents of the curriculum (topics to be covered) and structure of the curriculum (modules and credits)? What are the strategies for and objectives of this translation? Which priorities and which values and ethics of the learning outcome? Which approaches to teaching and learning are appropriate to ensure those learning outcomes and competences (types of methods, techniques and formats)? Which methods of assessment can we apply to evaluate the achievement of those competences (when required, which kind of teaching material should be produced)? Which educational units and activities should be created to achieve the defined learning outcomes?
Session 5: Shaping Architectural Curricula for the European Higher Education Area
Tuesday afternoon, 7 September 2004 , 14:30-16:30
This session will attempt to synthesize the discussions and suggestions made during the previous days with the ambition to draw useful and constructive conclusions, as well as to generate a framework of agreements on the various themes, and to decide on ways forward.
