FORMULATING LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COURSES ACCORDING TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION STANDARD

Abstract

The paper discusses the problem of defining and formulating the educational objectives of the architectural design courses. as one of the most important components of the course. Where it is based on determining the academic content, formulating learning outcomes, choosing teaching strategies, as well as assessment methods. Considering the interest of the Egyptian state and its endeavor towards improving and accrediting education; In response to the first strategic objective for the development of higher education in Egypt’s Vision 2030, which is “activating the rules of accreditation and quality in line with international standards”. The study deals with the methodology of deriving and formulating the educational objectives of the architectural design courses in the architecture programs in Egypt, based on the Standards-Based Education approach, as it depends on the relevant competencies in the National Reference Academic Standards (NARS) for the engineering sector - second edition 2018. - It also achieves (UNESCO-UIA) standards - the latest version 2017 AD - to validate architectural education programs internationally. The paper concluded with a methodology was proposed to derive and formulate educational objectives for architectural design courses, based on the integration of national and international academic standards with Eisner's taxonomy to set educational objectives. So that it achieves the competencies related to the architectural design courses, as stated in the National Reference Academic Standards (NARS 2018) and the International Union of Architects (UNESCO-UIA 2017)