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Technological University Dublin

2005

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Critting The Crit In The Education Of Architects: From Bauhaus To Bolton Street, Patrick Flynn Jan 2005

Critting The Crit In The Education Of Architects: From Bauhaus To Bolton Street, Patrick Flynn

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This investigative study is concerned with examining the current methods of assessment of architecture students in the system known as the “crit” and the associated methods of giving students feedback on their designs in a public forum. The aim of the research is to identify the main weaknesses of the crit system and to explore alternatives which perhaps would have more sustainable and transparent methods of assessment and feedback. Personal motivation for the research sprang from concerns regarding both the effectiveness of the crit from the pedagogical perspective of student learning and from concerns about it as a transparent and …