http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19741 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:44:05 GMT 2013-05-19T20:44:05Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19743 Producing critical thinkers, designing critical objects: re-examining the role of critique in architectural education Stead, Naomi. One of the most often-repeated aspirations of the contemporary university, to ‘teach students to think critically’, has been recited to the point of ubiquity in course and subject outlines, in schools of architecture as elsewhere. But this immediately raises a series of questions. What exactly is the benefit, for example, in ‘thinking critically’, why is it such a desirable attribute, and why in spite of all this does it seem so ill defined? More specifically for the purposes of this paper, does this critical capacity have a particular relevance for the education of architects? Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19743 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19742 Social Development in the PRC: the case of education in a Shanxi Carrillo-Garcia, Beatriz. New organizational and institutional arrangements introduced by economic reform in 1978 have significantly influenced the Chinese development process, particularly the ways in which different government levels take part in that development. An important element of that institutional restructuring has been decentralization efforts, which have been responsible for the radical changes in the relationship between the Centre and sub-national governments. Increased local government autonomy has strengthened local agency, allowing for greater maneuvering space in the formulation of local solutions. The main objective of those decentralization efforts has been directed towards regional economic efficiency and liberalization. Local governments are in effect the ones implementing China’s development agenda, playing a more active role in directing growth and interpreting and mediating social and environmental issues (Skinner et al. 2003), but also carrying a stronger responsibility in making that development more inclusive. Formulation and implementation of national policies – characterized by their gradual and experimental nature – continue to reaffirm the importance of the local input. Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19742 2004-07-01T00:00:00Z