Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker has twenty years of experience as a teacher and researcher in the context of architectural education. He has over 50 publications to his name, reflecting an expertise in five interrelated areas: (1) sustainable design of urban ecologies; (2) the evaluation and perception of sustainable design; (3) teamwork in design; (4) education for the sustainable design of urban ecologies; and (5) built environment design education. Richard is a member of the Alfred Deakin Research Institute and the Centre for Memory Imagination and Invention (CMII). Richard has been a team member of grant-funded projects totalling over $1 million; eleven investigations including six as project leader. In 2007, Richard’s teaching scholarship was recognised nationally by a Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. In 2011, Richard became only the 2nd teacher in the discipline of architecture in Australia to be awarded an ALTC Award for Teaching Excellence.

Publications

Collaboration and Student Engagement in Design Education
Collaboration and Student Engagement in Design Education
Richard Tucker. © 2017. 411 pages.
In order for educational systems not to become stagnant, teaching strategies must be routinely re-evaluated. Not only does this optimize the learning process, but it enhances the...
Teaching Teamwork in Design: A Framework for Understanding Effectiveness in Student Teams
Teaching Teamwork in Design: A Framework for Understanding Effectiveness in Student Teams
Richard Tucker. © 2017. 27 pages.
This chapter proposes an Input-Process-Output framework for understanding what impacts the effectiveness of teamwork when higher education students are collaborating on design...
Prejudicial Evaluation: Bias in Self-and-Peer-Assessments of Teamwork Contributions to Design
Prejudicial Evaluation: Bias in Self-and-Peer-Assessments of Teamwork Contributions to Design
Richard Tucker. © 2017. 29 pages.
This chapter considers a simple but important question: can students fairly assess each other's individual contribution to team designs? The chapter focuses on a key problem...
Conflict Resolution in Student Teams: An Exploration in the Context of Design Education
Conflict Resolution in Student Teams: An Exploration in the Context of Design Education
Neda Abbasi, Anthony Mills, Richard Tucker. © 2017. 20 pages.
This chapter examines conflict in student design teams. A review of literature is presented to understand conflict within student design teams and explore strategies to manage...
Prejudicial Evaluation: Bias in Self-and-Peer-Assessments of Teamwork Contributions to Design
Prejudicial Evaluation: Bias in Self-and-Peer-Assessments of Teamwork Contributions to Design
Richard Tucker. © 2017. 29 pages.
This chapter considers a simple but important question: can students fairly assess each other's individual contribution to team designs? The chapter focuses on a key problem...
Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Self-and-Peer Assessment Tool for E-Learning Environments
Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Self-and-Peer Assessment Tool for E-Learning Environments
Richard Tucker, Jan Fermelis, Stuart Palmer. © 2009. 25 pages.
There is considerable evidence of student scepticism regarding the purpose of team assignments and high levels of concern for the fairness of assessment when all team members...