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Participatory Action Research and design pedagogy: Perspectives for design education

<jats:p>Design’s scope of practice has grown from one that was traditionally defined by materials and processes to one where designers are working on some of the most pressing challenges of ou...
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The Graphic Design Process: How to Be Successful in Design School, Anitra Nottingham and Jeremy Stout (2019)

<jats:p>Review of: <jats:italic>The Graphic Design Process: How to Be Successful in Design School</jats:italic>, Anitra Nottingham and Jeremy Stout (2019)</jats:p> ...
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Researching design pedagogies that enhance creativity

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Bauhaus: To turn away from normality

<jats:p>This article revisits the history and legacy of the Bauhaus from the vantage point of contemporary art education. It explains how the design school was never a unified project, but rathe...
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Educating relational thinking to improve design creativity

<jats:p>Developing the creativity of design students is widely considered to be an important goal in design education. Finding effective training and instruction to improve creativity is a chall...
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Art school as a transformative locus for risk in an age of uncertainty

<jats:p>Risk is not a neutral term even in (western) contexts of art and design pedagogic practice, where risk-taking is entwined into the matrices of the academy from the macro to the micro: fr...
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Changing pedagogic identities of tutors and students in the design studio: Case study of desk and peer critiques

<jats:p>This article explores the tools and processes of effective learning in the design studio with a special emphasis on the pedagogic roles of the tutors and the students in desk critique an...
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Simulation and reflective experience: An effective teaching strategy to sensitize interior design students to the visual needs of older adults

<jats:p>Given global population ageing, there is a pressing need to train students of design using methods that convey the impact of age-related vision impairments on the everyday function of ol...
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Using desirable difficulty concepts to enhance durable learning in design education

<jats:p>Cognitive psychologists have identified that introducing manageable challenges into the learning environment, coined as ‘desirable difficulties’ by Robert Bjork, helps students retai...
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Participatory Action Research and design pedagogy: Perspectives for design education

<jats:p>Design’s scope of practice has grown from one that was traditionally defined by materials and processes to one where designers are working on some of the most pressing challenges of ou...
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