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Design knowing and learning : cognition in design education / edited by Charles M. Eastman, W. Michael McCracken, Wendy C. Newstetter.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Engineering design--Study and teaching.
- Engineering design.
- Structural design.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Amsterdam : Elsevier Science B.V., 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 practicin
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Design Knowing and Learning: Cognition in Design Education; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; 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
- Chapter 6. Variants in Design CognitionChapter 7. Defining Design Between Domains: An Argument for Design Research ? la Carte; Chapter 8. New Directions in Design Cognition: Studies of Representation and Recall; Chapter 9. Visual Analogy: A Strategy for Design Reasoning and Learning; Chapter 10. Dissociation of Design Knowledge; Chapter 11. Scenario-based Design: A Brief History and Rationale; Chapter 12. The Mind in Design: A Conceptual Framework for Cognition in Design Education; Chapter 13. Design Knowing and Learning: A Socially Mediated Activity; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-07222-2
- 9786611072223
- 0-08-053031-1
- OCLC:
- 476108978
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