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Chapter 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1662-1.ch008
ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to discuss the power of motivation in achieving a productive
and fruitful learning experience in the Design Studio. The objective is to provide
focus on the students’ motivation determinants in the Architecture Design Studio
within the opportunity to present case studies for learning innovations in a female
university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The discussion focuses on the instructor-
student interrelationship built as it has been adopted in several cases in the Design
Studio courses at diferent levels at the Architecture department. The presented
case studies introduce Design Studio activities and implementation to get students
to be more motivated to learn and investigate innovative ideas for incorporating
learning techniques. This chapter emphasizes the innovation, implementation, and
the barriers and difculties in teaching Architecture Design Studio courses to Saudi
female students. The current discussion aims to foster initiatives that infuence
students’ behavior, instructors’ decision-making, and educational adopted policy.
Motivating Architecture
Students in the Design Studio:
Case Studies From Female
University, KSA
Alshimaa Aboelmakarem Farag
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1539-6928
Efat University, Saudi Arabia