{"id":40151,"date":"2025-05-28T18:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/?p=40151"},"modified":"2025-05-29T08:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:07:52","slug":"40151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/2025\/05\/28\/40151\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Thesis at College of Engineering on \u201cDesign Characteristics of Educational Buildings that Promote an Effective Learning Environment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"477\">Department of Architecture at College of Engineering, University of Mosul, held a master\u2019s thesis defense on <strong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"295\">Wednesday, May 28, 2025<\/strong>, for the thesis titled:<br data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"322\" \/><strong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"423\">\u201cDesign Characteristics of Educational Buildings that Promote an Effective Learning Environment,\u201d<\/strong><br data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"426\" \/>submitted by graduate student <strong data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"476\">Ruaa Zuhair Jabr<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"816\">The thesis explored the role of architectural design in supporting active learning methods and the impact of flexible and stimulating learning environments on student engagement and skill development. It also addressed the design features necessary to enhance interaction and practical application of knowledge within educational spaces.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"1127\">The study aimed to develop a <strong data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"918\">guideline for designing schools based on active learning principles<\/strong>, analyze common design characteristics of international schools, and examine the potential for adapting modern schools in Iraq\u2014such as those funded by the Chinese loan\u2014to align with this educational approach.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1515\">The findings indicated that achieving active learning requires <strong data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1279\">flexibility in design, diversity in spaces, promotion of communication and openness<\/strong>, as well as attention to <strong data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1326\">aesthetic aspects<\/strong> that stimulate the learning environment. The thesis recommended adopting active learning concepts in future school designs and modifying existing designs to support this educational model.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1674\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-40152\" src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/500366911_1244811844104240_2083344725923395853_n-300x225.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/500366911_1244811844104240_2083344725923395853_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20225%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/500366911_1244811844104240_2083344725923395853_n-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/500366911_1244811844104240_2083344725923395853_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/500366911_1244811844104240_2083344725923395853_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/500366911_1244811844104240_2083344725923395853_n.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Architecture at College of Engineering, University of Mosul, held a master\u2019s thesis defense on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, for the thesis titled:\u201cDesign Characteristics of Educational Buildings that Promote an Effective Learning Environment,\u201dsubmitted by graduate student Ruaa Zuhair Jabr. The thesis explored the role of architectural design in supporting active learning methods and the impact of flexible and stimulating learning environments on student engagement and skill development. It also addressed the design features necessary to enhance interaction and practical application of knowledge within educational spaces. The study aimed to develop a guideline for designing schools based on active learning principles, <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/2025\/05\/28\/40151\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-viva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40155,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40151\/revisions\/40155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}