Analysis of the gap in architects' skills of lifelong learning

A challenge facing architectural education is keeping pace with the rapid changes in professional practice worldwide. This research assesses the processes that enable practitioners to keep up with the changes in the labour market while ensuring their skills remain relevant. This research examines the architects' self learning and continuing education skills through an online survey. A literature review was performed to construct this survey. We compared the results of 112 Egyptian architects with those of a University of Cincinnati visiting professor delegation in Egypt. Raising skills through lifelong learning can help in bridging the gap between Egyptian graduates' competencies and the continuous change in the labour market. In light of these challenges, there was a need to integrate teaching between academic and non-academic institutions as a long-term strategy. It was also found that short-term plans for reviewing teaching methods and adapting to competency-based education are very important.CO 2022 THE AUTHORS. Published by Elsevier BV on behalf of Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Architectural education faces the challenge of keeping pace with rapid changes in professional practice. Lifelong learning can help bridge the gap between graduates' competencies and the changing labor market, and integrating teaching between academic and non-academic institutions is a long-term strategy.