Abstract
There is a general assumption that teaching prescriptive "design methods" to novice design students will result in effective analysis of a problem that will result in an innovative solution. However, in reality, most students use "design methods" as a tool to present their resolved solution rather than use it to arrive at that solution. In other words, students mostly use traditional design methods taught as an effective persuasion tool to secure better grade. For this reason, we argue that we should encourage students to pick up appropriate design behaviour early in their course. By stressing practicing designers seldom apply design methods as described in the textbooks. In this paper we share our action research over a period of two semesters to investigate effective approaches to achieve this goal. Overall, initially students found it difficult to move away from traditional prescriptive design methods they were exposed to in their high school studies. Students' feedback showed that they preferred a more structured and incremental treatment of the subject. Based on this feedback and students' assessments outcome we have developed a pedagogical framework based on nudge theory to address their expectations and learning objectives.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Design Education: Collaboration and Cross-Disciplinarity |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education |
Editors | Erik Bohemia, Lyndon Buck, Kaare Eriksen, Ahmed Kovacevic, Nis Ovesen, Christian Tollestrup |
Place of Publication | Wiltshire, United Kingdom |
Publisher | Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society |
Pages | 140-145 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781904670780 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | 18th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 8 Sept 2016 → 9 Sept 2016 |
Conference
Conference | 18th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education |
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Abbreviated title | E&PDE 2016 |
Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | Aalborg |
Period | 8/09/16 → 9/09/16 |