A practice-based approach to design education

Sharma, B. and Roy, A. and Rautray, Priyabrata (2020) A practice-based approach to design education. In: 13th Biennial NordDesign Conference, NordDesign 2020, 11 August 2020 through 14 August 2020, Lyngby.

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Abstract

In present times, the digital medium has made information accessible to everyone. This has resulted in design to be not limited by geographical, religious and cultural boundaries. Everyone across the world is experiencing the design and its impacts. According to the needs of the field of design, education has also modified itself. The methodology of teaching has gone through a drastic change. The pedagogical developments and its processes have also evolved accordingly. The field of design has always been more experimental in implementing various learning methodologies and is usually not limited by conventional methods like rote learning and bookbased instruction. Pedagogy for design has always been defined and regulated by the need of the industry and the interaction between professional practice and academics. Through this research, we have tried to understand various pedagogical taxonomies and methodologies such as Bloom and Kolb and how these are implemented and defined in accordance to the changing landscape of the industry. It also highlights the steps that students go through in a design process based on experiences, observations, conceptualisation and experimentation. It also charts the contemporary approaches which are undertaken primarily in the design education. Certain experimental studies were conducted in a design school to understand the pedagogical practices prevalent in the present day. The case studies revealed various types of learning methodologies such as visual, auditory and kinaesthetic. Another case study revealed that, though the students are digitally aware but experiential and hands-on learning still holds a lot of relevance and has been successful in holding the attention and interest of the student for a longer duration compared to digital media. In the second study, the students as a part of class activity conducted experiments by mapping the sunlight that enters the room through the various types of windows designed by them. While they were doing the experiments, the students were closely observed, and it showed that the engagement of the students and their overall learning that resulted was very high. Thus at the end of the experiment and the overall study, we could conclude that in. Â© Proceedings of the NordDesign 2020 Conference, NordDesign 2020. All rights reserved.

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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Conventional methods; Cultural boundaries; Design Education; Design process; Design schools; Hands-on learning; Pedagogical practices; Professional practices

Subjects:

Arts > Design

Divisions:

Department of Design

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. LibTrainee 2021

Date Deposited:

22 Oct 2022 10:16

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22 Oct 2022 10:16

URI:

http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/11030