Design knowing and learning cognition in design education
Title:
Design knowing and learning cognition in design education
Author:
Eastman, Charles M.
ISBN:
9780080530314
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science B.V., 2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 318 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Front Cover; Design Knowing and Learning: Cognition in Design Education; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: Bringing Design Knowing and Learning Together; Chapter 2. Stalking Homo Faber: A Comparison of Research Strategies for Studying Design Behavior; Chapter 3. Studying Engineering Design Learning: Four Verbal Protocol Studies; Chapter 4. Novice conceptions of design: Implications For The Design Of Learning Environments; Chapter 5. Design Cognition: Results From Protocol and Other Empirical Studies Of Design Activity
Abstract:
Wide aspects of a university education address design: the conceptualization, planning and implementation of man-made artifacts. All areas of engineering, parts of computer science and of course architecture and industrial design all claim to teach design. Yet the education of design tends ot follow tacit practices, without explicit assumptions, goals and processes. This book is premised on the belief that design education based on a cognitive science approach can lead to significant improvements in the effectiveness of university design courses and to the future capabilities of practicing des.
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