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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828479103321

Autore

Vande Zande Robin

Titolo

Design education : creating thinkers to improve the world / / Robin Vande Zande

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

147582016X

9781475820164

1475820151

9781475820157

1475820143

9781475820140

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

745.4071

Soggetti

Design - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: why teach design? – Design education is a study about life – What we can learn from designers that we can use in our classrooms – How to implement design education into your art program – Framework of design education practices, principles, and strategies for teaching and learning – Curricular aspects, units, and lessons – Important concepts to teach – Design lesson methods and topics for elementary students – Design lesson methods and topics for middle school students – Design lesson methods and topics for high school students.

Sommario/riassunto

"Design Education: Creating Thinkers to Improve the World is a curricular resource that offers theoretical concepts and practical advice for teaching lessons in design to PreK-12 grade students. The book is for art educators at the preK-12 level in schools, museums, and enrichment programs, and university professors in teacher preparation programs. Design education is about problem-solving, learning through objects of our daily lives, and the role design plays in social responsibility and the creative economy. Designers utilize research methods, technology, sketching, and the construction of prototypes.



The basis of these techniques, systems, and tools may be taught to Prek-12 students. Students need lifelong skills that build their creativity and problem-solving capabilities to better understand the world and themselves and use visual communication to advance their abilities to express ideas. Design is a study about life and can touch on all school subjects, making it a valuable interdisciplinary study. Students are able to directly apply thinking strategies and learning about facts, figures, and concepts at the same time they are crafting meaningful ideas about the importance, influence, and social implications of everyday items and the potential to improve the world." -- Publisher's description.