The method of fluid classes (An investigation on fluid classes in Yazd Faculty of Art and Architecture with looking at “The Contextology” class)

Iranian current architecture educational system is inactive and learning places has been become prosaic environments. Educators who are solely considered as teachers, dictate the limited characteristics of education context and create a situation that it detracts many features, including students creativity, innovation, participation. In this current system, the students’ thoughts are diminished and the relationship between the educational system and students for learning is not considered. There is no constructive engagement in the education process. This article have the critical look at the Iranian current architecture education that it is neither modern like Bauhaus or Beaux-Arts nor Iranian traditional manner. Also, a review on one of the architecture class’s method that it is held in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Yazd called The Contextology by Dr. M.R Owlia. This class has the qualities that they are beyond the scope of current educational planning to improve the quality of education due to the different way of class managing. This paper aims to assess these qualities in order to introduce and expand them in generalized conditions and presenting it in this article. The results indicate such classes which they provide capacity, innovation, participation education, and implicit learning which they cannot be achieved through Iranian contemporary university systems for students. Evaluation of this method in a separate article with a different research method should be done separately

Keywords:

Architecture education methods , Fluid classes , The Contextology , The University and the city , Yazd Faculty of Art and Architecture