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about human developments associated with the construction
development. UAE‟s government mission for better education and the
countries ambition for competence in terms of its construction directed
this study.
The research methodology uses a survey of various educational
practices in the field of architecture in the UАE via online search, the
researcher‟s personal observation, and focus group sessions. In the
course of this study, the researcher considered investigating various
resources. The researcher used methodology tested in previous
studies, the researcher started with а thorough and broad review of the
available literature, because the UAE is a relatively newly developed
country – less than four decades old it was a complex task to extract
enough literature concerning education and other important aspects due
to the lack of documentation. This research also includes different
comments and feedback of teachers and guides in architecture
education in the UАE. The findings and conclusions are based on the
evaluation of the experiment and the case study.
The researcher used а number of sources to conduct the secondary
data collection approach, including library visits and use of the Internet.
The researcher visited the libraries to gather valuable data from
available sources. The electronic journals are also very rich and
updated. The researcher utilised the Internet as a major tool to obtain
relevant information by searching for articles in journals and newspapers
from database.
Primary Data Collection Method in Phase 1
� Interviews
In phase one, interviews were conducted after the focus group session.
The purpose of the interviews was merely to validate the information
collected from the students. For this reason, the interviews take the
form of casual conversations whenever the researcher found an
opportunity to talk to a lecturer in the UAEU after one of the focus group
sessions. AUS lecturers are interviewed to ascertain that the learning
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