Uluslararası Mühendislik Tasarım ve Teknoloji Dergisi

Yazarlar: Shirin IZADPANAH, Zuhal KAYNAKCI ELİNÇ, Begüm SÖYEK ABAY, Tuğba KÜÇÜKKÖSELER

Konular:Mimarlık

Anahtar Kelimeler:Interior architecture education,Professional internship,Compulsory internship,Internship practice

Özet: The internship is an educational method that aims to increase the professional awareness of the students in addition to the knowledge they gain during their theoretical, conceptual, and practical courses. Many disciplines consider an internship as a compulsory requirement for graduation. The same rule applies to interior architecture, which is about converting theoretical knowledge into practice. Evaluating the internship guidelines of 53 Bachelor Programs of Interior Architecture in Turkey indicates two distinctive internships as construction and office one. Besides, some universities require other internships such as workshops, measured drawing training or technical-trip training. Although internship promotes technical and social skills and foster professional knowledge of interior architecture students, occasionally there might be challenges on the submission of the application, finding a place for an internship or miscommunication of interns and employees. In this respect, this study has intended to learn the strengths and weaknesses of internship in interior architecture programs in Turkey. Using a questionnaire survey for both interior architects’ employer and interior architecture students, this research comes up with some recommenda-tions to overcome the so called related challenges for interior architecture internships.

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