Designing a Better Textbook

With cultures being increasingly interconnected, architecture programs and architecture theory/history survey courses need to incorporate a global perspective. Although architecture programs and accreditation boards have mandated the need to embrace architectural traditions outside the Western cano...

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Hlavní autor: Komisar, June
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: ABE Journal 2012
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Shrnutí:With cultures being increasingly interconnected, architecture programs and architecture theory/history survey courses need to incorporate a global perspective. Although architecture programs and accreditation boards have mandated the need to embrace architectural traditions outside the Western canon, textbook authors and publishers for English-language programs and courses have yet to react to this demand. The issue may be similar for texts in other languages as well, but our investigation w...