Philip Crowther's research while affiliated with University of Melbourne and other places

Publications (18)

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Purpose This research argues that architecture knowledge is fragmented between the profession and academia as evidenced by long-standing conflicting opinions regarding desirable graduate attributes. Work-integrated learning (WIL) is one mode of education where these fragments should come together. This research seeks to address a missing part of th...
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An understanding of the theoretical basis of the design learning process, and the resulting partnership between students and teachers in contemporary design studios, is required to optimise learning. Students’ learning in the architecture design studio has been widely studied, however the specific activities of students and teachers, and the interp...
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The construction industry is responsible for a significant portion of the solid waste that industrialised nations dispose of each year. One reason for this is the low rates of reuse and recycling, largely due to the difficulties in deconstructing buildings and an inability to easily separate materials and components. If buildings were designed to f...
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There is a significant amount of research into gender differences in academic performance in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fields. This has identified important differences between the academic achievement of men and women as measured through grade point averages and time to completion. However, the specific STEM fields of d...
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Purpose This study aims to expose the various roles that teachers and students adopt in the architecture design studio. It highlights how these roles change over time, through three distinct phases, which relate to the stages of the design project. This understanding of how roles change over the semester will guide academics in understanding how to...
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While the studio is widely accepted as the learning environment where architecture students most effectively learn how to design (Mahgoub, 2007:195), there are surprisingly few studies that attempt to identify in a qualitative way the interrelated factors that contribute to and support design studio learning (Bose, 2007:131). Such a situation seems...
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Purpose Design studio and technology subjects are two dominant parts of the architecture curriculum. How to integrate these different parts of the curriculum is one of the important challenges in architecture education around the world. With increasing internationalisation of both the profession and higher education, an understanding of similaritie...
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This article presents a longitudinal study, over eleven years, of the academic progress of a cohort of design students (n = 475) at a major Australian university. The students were from four different spatial design disciplines: architecture, industrial design, interior design, and landscape architecture. The article identifies cognitive variables...
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p>Contemporary cities no longer offer the same types of permanent environments that we planned for in the latter part of the twentieth century. Our public spaces are increasingly temporary, transient, and ephemeral. The theories, principles and tactics with which we designed these spaces in the past are no longer appropriate. We need a new theory f...
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This chapter presents a case study of a large common first year unit/subject in a major Australian university. The unit introduces students to the theory and practice of design through a learning environment that is brief and intense; being delivered in block mode over just four days, and being free of other academic commitments. Students choose fr...
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This paper explores what we are calling “Guerrilla Research Tactics” (GRT): research methods that exploit emerging mobile and cloud-based digital technologies. We examine some case studies in the use of this technology to generate research data directly from the physical fabric and the people of the city. We argue that GRT is a new and novel way of...
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This paper reports on a number of blended learning activities conducted in two subjects of a Master of Architecture degree at a major Australian university. The subjects were related to “professional practice” and as such represent a little researched area of architectural curriculum. The research provides some insight into the student perceptions...
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This paper presents an analysis of the studio as the signature pedagogy of design education. A number of theoretical models of learning, pedagogy, and education are used to interrogate the studio for its advantages and shortcomings, and to identify opportunities for the integration of new technologies and to explore the affordances that they might...
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While the studio environment has been promoted as an ideal educational setting for project-based disciplines associated with the art and design, few qualitative studies have been undertaken in a comprehensive way, with even fewer giving emphasis to the teachers and students and how they feel about changing their environment. This situation is probl...
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This paper reflects upon the development of a suite of new courses in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. It describes the theoretical framework upon which these courses are founded and the broader pedagogical and structural implications and opportunities. It relates a model of t...
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This paper reflects upon the development of a suite of new design, urban development, and engineering courses at the Queensland University of Technology. It describes the theoretical framework upon which these courses are founded, the systems applied to their development and documentation, and the broader pedagogical and structural implications and...
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The embodied energy in building materials and components represents a major part of the total energy requirement of any building. When a building is demolished, most of the materials are discarded, and along with them the embodied energy is lost. If buildings were designed for disassembly, rather than demolition, greater proportions of building mat...
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Considering how dominant a feature of architectural education the critique has been, and continues to be, little has been written about the affective dimension of engaging students during this key final stage of the design or documentation process. For most students, the critique is unlike any previous educational or life experience that they have...

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... Hence, some panelists could apologize for completing the process [7], as in the study of [60], where the study started with 24 panelists and ended with 8. Also, [9], the number of panelists participating began with 41 and finished with 20 in the second round. [29] started with 27 and finished with 21 in the last round. ...
... Table 1, most studies use the classical Delphi techniques in higher education. However, the modified Delphi studies were also highly used; researchers identified that either in the article title [67] or the abstract [9], [19], [21], [24], [25], [33], [42], [53], [57], [63], [68], [69]. In addition, other types used, including the Fuzzy Delphi [12], [41], [51], [70], e-Delphi studies [59], [61], grounded Delphi [66], Ethnographic Delphi Futures Research (EDFR) method [36]. ...
... Initially, it begins with the student presenting and self-assessing the work, followed by a developmental phase that includes reflective interaction of both parties, and ends with summative suggestions for future progress, mainly from the tutor. Iftikhar et al., (2021) identify different pedagogical aims of the student and the tutor throughout the learning phases, including the student's demonstration of engagement during the initial and developmental phases, and a willingness to progress during the summative phase. The tutor has to facilitate the behaviors associated with these phases while also engaging in generating new ideas. ...
... The way design is taught and learned illuminates the challenges design educators face when attempting to create blended or online learning experiences for students. Design is a project-based discipline with studio-based teaching as its core pedagogy (Park, 2011;Saghafi, Franz, & Crowther, 2010). Projects which are either real or fictional present students with openended problems to which no single answer exists (Blair, 2006;Crowther, 2013). ...
... ti 23. Saghafi & Crowther (2021) examined the integrated function of technology in Australian architectural education and then provided criticism of the technology instruction in design studios. Including technology-related topics in studio lessons. ...
... Different courses are categorized as technical, non-technical, and mathematical category of courses with arbitrating subattributes for the evaluation of each course, including the marks of assignments, mid-term, lab exam, semester marks, total, grade, grade point (G.P.), quality point (Q.P.), grade point average (G.P.A.). Credit hours have been selected for assessing undergraduates' academic performance in a dataset [30]. The list of variables used in this study for the evaluation of technical courses is described in Table 1, the non-technical courses are described in Table 2, the mathematical courses are described in Table 3, and the list of each variable subattributes is described in Table 4. Table 4 List of Sub-Attributes of each Variable ...
... Así, bajo estas comunidades de ayuda mutua, los alumnos se involucran emocionalmente y desarrollan un sentido de compromiso ante su aprendizaje. Consecuentemente, esto posee el potencial en mejorar el rendimiento académico de estos educandos (Crowther, Scott & Allen, 2017). ...
... Temporary uses establish new cultures in societies; they focus on the strength of innovation along with the so-called "cultural industries" (Catalysts, 2003). The significant aspect of temporary use needs to be taken into consideration (Crowther, 2016). Culture is a combination of continuous dynamic activities that are repeated over time, and they reflect the identity of the society (Lara-Hernandez, et al., 2019). ...
... Studio learning is a pedagogical approach that is widely used in design education. It is considered a signature pedagogy in design education, providing a dominant learning environment and mode of delivery (Crowther, 2013). The studio environment offers unique advantages for learning, such as fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking (Sochacka et al., 2016). ...
... Guerrilla marketing technique can also be tested on online buying behavior, similar to when Fong and Yazdanifard (2014) conducted a study on how guerrilla marketing affects online shopping behavior. Caldwell et al. (2015) also suggested that GRT (Guerrilla Research Tactics) for mobile and cloud-based digital technology have proven to be effective in architecture or urban design and thus could be applied to other disciplines. Damar-Ladkoo (2016) examined guerrilla marketing in marketing fresh organic agricultural merchandise in Mauritius. ...