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Design Pedagogy explains why it is vital that design students' education helps them construct a ¿EUR¿passport¿EUR¿ to enter the professional sphere. This collection explores how design education is, in itself, a passport to practice and showcases how some of the key developments in education use techniques related to collaboration, case studies and exp
List of contents
Introduction; 1: Setting the Scene; 1: Design Education Research: Its Context, Background and Approaches; 2: Design Education as the Passport to Practice; 3: Designerly Thinking and Creativity; 2: Key Developments in Design Pedagogy; 4: Fostering Motivation in Undergraduate Design Education; 5: Signature Pedagogies in Design; 6: The Experience of Teaching a Creative Practice: An Exploration of Conceptions and Approaches to Teaching, Linking Variation and the Community of Practice; 7: Transformative Practice as a Learning Approach for Industrial Designers; 8: Industrial Design and Liminal Spaces; 9: Developing Tools to Support Collaboration and Understanding during Industrial Design Practice; 10: The Use of Design Case Studies in Design Education; 11: Amplifying Learners' Voices through the Global Studio; 12: Conclusions
About the author
Mike Tovey is Reader in Design Pedagogy and Professor of Industrial Design at Coventry University. He has been responsible for the establishment and development of the, now internationally acclaimed, programme in transport design. He was Dean of the Coventry School of Art and Design for 18 years. Mike has pioneered design research. Much of his research work has been concerned with the design process and how designers work. There has been a particular focus on the use of computer support for the creative aspects of design. He also pioneered the portfolio PhD and this work is a useful summary of much of his research activity. From 2007 to 2010 he was Director for Design and responsible for leading on and co-ordinating design education and design research. In addition he was Director of the Centre of Excellence in Product and Automotive Design (CEPAD). He now leads the Design Research Society's Special Interest Group in Design Pedagogy.
Summary
Design Pedagogy explains why it is vital that design students' education helps them construct a ?€?passport?€? to enter the professional sphere. This collection explores how design education is, in itself, a passport to practice and showcases how some of the key developments in education use techniques related to collaboration, case studies and exp
