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Kulkarni, Nupura (author)Reflective writing plays a vital role in the development of designers, enabling them to evaluate their experiences, enhance their learning, and foster professional growth. However, traditional methods of assessing reflective writing have limitations in terms of reliability and objectivity. To address this gap, this research project aims to...master thesis 2023
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van Mook, Megan (author)Digital literacy has emerged as an indispensable skill in the 21st-century workforce, compelling educational institutions to adapt their curricula and incorporate digital literacy into their teaching methodologies. This research abstract specifically addresses the challenge of integrating digital literacy into the secondary educational course...master thesis 2023
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Cannatella, D. (author), Nijhuis, S. (author)This chapter draws on three different design studios that focus on the Pearl River Delta to discuss what kind of knowledge has been generated within them, and how they can be used systematically as a method to address the region’s complex challenges. The three studios differ in their objectives, duration and structure, but are linked by a...book chapter 2023
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Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Xue, H. (author), Xin, X (author)This paper introduces a five-day intensive course, conducted over five years from 2018 to 2022, aimed at teaching emotion-driven design (EDD) to graduate students with diverse disciplinary backgrounds at Beijing Normal University. EDD is the practice of designing products or services that are informed by user or consumer emotions and/or aim to...journal article 2023
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Zhu, C. (author), Klapwijk, R.M. (author)Encoding intangible data variables with visual, spatial, and physical properties demands a high level of spatial reasoning. The ability to reason spatially is widely deemed critical to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) learning. While much research has explored the relationship between learning with...conference paper 2023
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Li, Xueliang (author), Xue, H. (author)This paper presents an eight-day design studio that teaches heuristic evaluation of games to third-year bachelor students at the School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology. Through this course, students gain the first-hand experiences of developing heuristics for games through online survey and using them in idea generation...conference paper 2023
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Faludi, Jeremy (author), Acaroglu, Leyla (author), Gardien, Paul (author), Rapela, Ana (author), Sumter, Deborah (author), Cooper, Cindy (author)The Future of Design Education working group on sustainability developed recommendations for integrating sustainability into higher education design curricula. The recommendations provide a foundation for design instruction, using well-established evidence-based tools, methods, and mindsets that apply to professional practice and support...journal article 2023
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Zhu, C. (author), Klapwijk, R.M. (author)Spatial thinking is embedded in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) learning. Design and Technology education inherently encompasses a wide range of spatial activities, such as mentally transforming objects and materials to form representations of design ideas, visually communicating ideas, and creating 2D and 3D...conference paper 2022
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Dokter, G. (author), Jansen, B. (author), Thuvander, L. (author), Rahe, U. (author), Duijghuisen, J.A.K. (author)The transition to a Circular Economy (CE) requires designers to, more than ever, concurrently develop a circular design, supply chain and business model, and anticipate how products and buildings function over time. To address these challenges, recent studies identified specific knowledge and competencies for designers. However, it remains...journal article 2022
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Thoring, K.C. (author), Mueller, Roland M. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Badke-Schaub, P.G. (author)The theoretical understanding of design knowledge is a crucial concern for research in the design discipline. This article extends the rich existing research on design knowledge by providing a unifying model of design knowledge. The insights are derived from a rigorous review of existing literature. The resulting model presents an original...journal article 2022
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Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Xue, H. (author), Xin, X (author), Liu, W.L. (author)This paper presents a five-day intense course that teaches “emotion-driven design”<br/>(EDD) to graduate students with a broad variety of disciplinary backgrounds at the<br/>Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. We introduce seven principles<br/>drawn from design-relevant emotion knowledge that informed the design of the<br/>course’s...conference paper 2022
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van den Bergh, M.R.K. (author), van der Bijl-Brouwer, M. (author), Price, R.A. (author)While the Pandemic has increased awareness towards student wellbeing in higher education (HE), it also exacerbated existing challenges. Specifically, students pursuing their master graduation thesis often find themselves isolated and overwhelmed due to the individualistic nature of their project and the pressure to create a ‘masterpiece’. In...conference paper 2022
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van der Bijl-Brouwer, M. (author)Transdisciplinary research is claimed to be essential in tackling today’s complex societal challenges. Transdisciplinarity includes collaboration and integration across academic disciplines, non-academic ways of knowing, and the ‘real world’ of citizens, professionals and other stakeholders. Design can contribute to transdisciplinarity by...conference paper 2022
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Hueso Espinosa, P. (author), Persaud, S.M. (author), Giaccardi, Elisa (author)Nowadays, designers deal with increasingly complex and meaningful challenges. Because of that, design schools are required to deliver professional designers capable of handling what future decades might bring. Therefore, resilience, generally described as the process of adapting well in the presence of adversity, makes it a valuable quality...conference paper 2022
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Rooij, R.M. (author), Mooij, S.C. (author)Teaching design skills to engineering students has long been one of the main building blocks of the bachelor curriculums at the TU Delft faculties of Industrial Design Engineering and Architecture & the Built Environment. We observe that our students achieve high-level (design) competencies during their study time at TU Delft. But we also...conference paper 2022
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Kana, A.A. (author), Brans, Sophia (author), Bronkhorst, Philip (author), Charisi, N.D. (author), Kao, I. Ting (author), Lupoae, Laurentiu (author), van Lynden, Casper (author), le Poole, J.J. (author), Zwaginga, J.J. (author)This paper describes two new modular ship design activities for graduate education at Delft University of Technology that have been developed during COVID. First, a new 2-hour hybrid format (in-person and virtual participation) game was designed to teach students modular design for offshore support vessels (OSVs). Second, an 8-week MSc-level...conference paper 2022
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van Boeijen, A.G.C. (author)This paper presents two master graduation design projects that address unconscious biases (UB) in the context of design education related to two topics: gender and skin colour. In addition to their sensitivity to exclusion and injustice, two design students brought in their analytical, design research and creativity skills to find solutions...conference paper 2022
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Endemann, Henry (author), Bruyns, Gerhard (author), Hasdell, Peter (author), Sepulveda Carmona, D.A. (author), Qu, L. (author), Nel, Darren (author)The unprecedented speed and scale of urbanization in China calls for advanced planning and design strategies. This paper aims to explore a new pedagogical approach that cultivates morphological regional design studies to develop spatial strategies that acknowledge the complex and diverse urban landscapes of Chinese megaregions. Accordingly, the...journal article 2022
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Strikkers, Ronja (author)Empathy is one of the 8 design competences of the study Communication & Multimedia Design at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. However, there is a gap within the curriculum regarding actively teaching students what it means to be an empathic designer, and it has not been completely clear what it actually means to be an empathic...master thesis 2021
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Stevens, L.L. (author)“Teaching is both an art and a science” (Harrison & Coll, 2008 p.1). Good teaching excites students and cultivates their curiosity to learn more than they are asked. But what if students’ blank faces tell you that the teaching did not land, what can you do? Using an analogy or metaphor to explain the principle helps students visualize and...doctoral thesis 2021