The purpose of this study was to identify changing attitudes towards comprehensive disabilities using knowledge and attitude scales on disabilities and elderly people for 201 architectural students in 5-year program, and to determine the correlation b...
The purpose of this study was to identify changing attitudes towards comprehensive disabilities using knowledge and attitude scales on disabilities and elderly people for 201 architectural students in 5-year program, and to determine the correlation between self-respect and the ability to perform design assignments. As a result of this study, whether or not they live with their grandparents and whether or not they have experienced volunteer activities revealed a statistical significance in terms of their attitudes towards comprehensive disabilities according to the subjects" characteristics. Namely, the case in which they have not lived with their grandparents revealed a statistical significance in that they had a low level of stereotype of the handicapped, and high level of knowledge and positive images of elderly people. Through the Scheffe post-hoc comparison results showed no difference was shown in changing attitudes towards disabilities, self-respect or the ability to perform design assignments among the above-mentioned three groups. Along with a sympathetic understanding after their participation in similar experiential programs, their will to design UD had changed into a stronger one through the change in average values in architectural behaviors. The will to reflect UD realities was more negative than what had been expected, and from the statistical point of view, the difference in the average values was significant. The will of the students of architectural design to design UD had become stronger, and it is presumed that this is derived from their thinking more deeply about specifically how they should reflect the considerations of UD in the architectural design and planning stage, and as a result, they became more cautious about their answers.