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Julie Ann Tharakan, Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, IndiaPriya Peggy Romal, Trinity Western University, Canada
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The educational curriculum in Indian higher secondary and post-secondary institutions fails to identify and foster competencies in students, based on the constructivist and cognitivist frameworks. While teaching the subject of history or history of architecture, the focus is on transmission of knowledge rooted in traditional instructional methods like rote learning. Previous research shows that, while formulating the curriculum, the main gap is in developing innovative instructional techniques that integrate global and local narratives in teaching history. The syllabus for teaching history often emphasises the evolutionary narrative which revolves around landmark events like nationalism. The scene for teaching the history of architecture is no different than the above mentioned, where the teacher is the medium through which the subject is taught in a sterile environment. Contemporary history education demands a broader perspective from the pupil and the teacher so that historical events are understood both from its centre and periphery agencies of knowledge generation. The revised National Education Policy by the Government of India highlights the need for innovative and multidisciplinary approaches in the development of teaching methods. With the help of case studies, this paper examines how the method of curation can be an effective teaching method that integrates local and global narratives which will help the students to develop curricular competencies like historical reasoning, critical reasoning, spatial literacy and analytical thinking.
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Conference: ECE2025Stream: Interdisciplinary
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Tharakan J., & Romal P. (2025) Enhancing History of Architecture Education in India: Redefining the Curriculum for Competency Development Using Curation as a Teaching Method ISSN: 2188-1162 The European Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 697-718) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2025.55
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2025.55
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