Investigating the Relationship between the Structure of Educational Program and Research Outputs in Top Iranian and international Architectural Schools

Razzaghi Asl, S.; Farhadian, M.

doi:10.22061/tej.2017.632

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

S. Razzaghi Asl ¹
M. Farhadian ²

¹ Department of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Engineering, Tarbiat Dabir Shahid Rajaei University, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22061/tej.2017.632

Abstract

Academic educational programs such as architectural programs are all influenced by the quality of education and Premier academic staff. They also consist of theoretical, practical and experimental units. One of the criteria for evaluating such international educational programs is the rate of their research outputs in an international ranking called QS. The lack of knowledge about the relationship between the structure of educational programs and the rate of their research outputs in an international scale causes the inconsistency between educational programs and research outputs. This matter consequently leads to a lower international ranking of universities. Thus, the current article aimed at addressing this issue for the first time. To collect data, the thirteen and three top international and Iranian architectural faculties with higher impact factors in the global rankings were selected. Then, the meaningful relationship between the research outputs and their educational systems upstream and downstream levels, including the relationship between the quality of education, educational programs, faculty members and allotted hours to theoretical, practical and experimental units and the research outputs were investigated. The results revealed that there is no relationship between having top academic staff and allotted hours to theoretical, practical and experimental units and the research outputs in all top international faculties. In addition, the results showed that there is no relationship between the hours allotted to research units and the research outputs of top three Iranian architectural faculties.

Keywords

20.1001.1.20080441.1396.11.2.3.2

Main Subjects

Curriculum Planning

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Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 42
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Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 42April 2017Pages 125-132

Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 42
April 2017
Pages 125-132