Active agents

dc.contributor.advisorLast, Nana
dc.creatorSmith, Kari
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:18:09Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:18:09Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractDiscussions of architectural education invite consideration of assumptions concerning the purpose and definition of an architectural education. Such pursuits raise questions that each of us should confront regarding our assumptions about what kinds of knowledge, values and relationships are deemed legitimate educational concerns.1 This thesis gives shape to the architectural student campaigns of the 1930's and the 1960's, their efforts to make sense of their experiences as well as their search for meaning in architectural education. In many of these instances, students began by drawing strength from a number of leftist protests which swept university campuses, but in the course of the ensuing controversy students ultimately concluded by raising questions about the nature of architectural education and developing a radically new consciousness concerning the purpose of education. Students emerged from these campaigns with fresh thinking about the objectives and methods of an architectural education. Such investigations invite consideration for contemporary student engagement in architectural education to undergo a similar sense of self examination and are encouraging of the fundamental changes such an examination often demands.2 1Henry A. Giroux, Theory and Resistance in Education, Westport: Bergin, 2001, p 193. 2William Deresiewicz, Garrett S. Finney, Sam Kirby, Clay Miller, ed., "Into the Fire," Perspecta (29), 1998. p. xiv.
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digital
dc.format.extent84 pp
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2005 SMITH
dc.identifier.citationSmith, Kari. "Active agents." (2005) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17828">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17828</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2710
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17828
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
dc.subjectHistory of education
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.titleActive agents
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
schema.accessibilityFeaturetaggedPDF
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
RICE2710.pdf
Size:
62.97 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format