Contemporary Design Education in Australia : Creating Transdisciplinary Futures / edited by Lisa Scharoun [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scharoun, Lisa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bristol, IL : Intellect Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

This book offers a range of approaches to teaching higher education design students to learn to design collaboratively and creatively, through transdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. 49 b/w illus. 11 tables.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Design and the Changing Educational Landscape

Exploring transdisciplinarity

Introducing our Australian design education context and collective learnings

Overview of chapters

Part 1. Designing Effective Curricula: Towards Transdisciplinarity

1. Curriculum Design and Development to Enhance Transdisciplinary Skills Development

The changing role of universities

Building a new faculty framework

Transdisciplinary units

Transdisciplinary elected studies

Discussion

Conclusion

2. Developing Twenty-First-Century Design Professionals through Impactful Curricula

Background and context

The Bachelor of Design Program, 2019 Onwards

Concluding thoughts

3. Making Things Online: Transforming an Interdisciplinary Design Fabrication Unit for Online Delivery

Introducing Design Fabrication

Shifting online, shifting perspective

Part 2. Transforming Professional Identities Through Transdisciplinary and Authentic Learning

4. Identifying Opportunities and Barriers for Transdisciplinary Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Experiences for Future Design Professionals

What is WIL?

Study context

Research methods

5. Transforming Engagement through Authentic Collaboration: Transdisciplinary Learning for Design Students and Preservice Teachers

Contextual background

Transdisciplinarity and teamwork

Transformational pedagogy, authentic learning, and WIL

Professional identity and interactions

Method

Findings

Implications for practice

6. I Am Not the Expert: Indigenous Perspectives and 'Transdisciplinary Education'.

Case Study 1: Design for social good: Aboriginal perspectives in an intensive Impact Lab context - First-year unit

Case Study 2: People and Place: Positionality, constraints, and opportunities in design education

Case Study 3: Transdisciplinarity in social research with Indigenous communities

Discussion and conclusion

Part 3. Strategies for Incorporating Experiential Learning in Design Programs

7. The Travelling Professional in New York: A Study of an Experiential Transdisciplinary Study Tour

Benefits and challenges of short-term international study tours

Australian international short-term study tours

QUT Creative Industries New York short-term study tour

Future opportunities

8. Transforming Perspectives: Fostering Cross-Cultural and Transdisciplinary Competencies through Industry Engagement in a Short-Term Study Tour

Towards an understanding of design and the role of a designer

The importance of cross-cultural experiences in design education

Towards an understanding of differences in workplace cultures in Asia and Australia

Overview of the Immersive Asia Study Tour program

Vision and aims (industry, cultural, institutions)

Overview of workshops

Reflections and evaluation

9. Authentic Project-Based Learning: Designing a Pavilion for the Botanica Festival

Background: Pavilions in Australia

Transdisciplinary design approaches

Comprehending an iterative design process through authentic project-based learning

Part 4. Global Transdisciplinary Education

10. Understanding Design Culture from East to West: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Teaching

Transdisciplinary mindset

Context: Experiential learning and transvergence

Reflection on teaching and learning practices

Cross-cultural collaboration.

Application of teaching and learning practices to a global learning experience

Case studies

11. Approaching Global and Local Issues through Design: Examples of Transdisciplinary Projects in the United States, Indonesia, China, and Australia

Exploratory learning through a furniture design project in the United States

Understanding the evolution of creative industries in China through project-based learning

Informing sustainable design solutions in Indonesia through PBL

An approach to designing healthy futures in Australia through problem-oriented project-based learning

Conclusions and reflections

12. Transdisciplinarity in Design Education: A Review of Design Programs with a Focus on Australia and the United Arab Emirates

Preparing design students for unknown future challenges and jobs

Comparative review and discussion of DIDI and QUT School of Design

Comparative review and conclusion

13. Working towards Transdisciplinary Futures: Complexities and Concepts in Education

Complexities in aiming for transdisciplinary education

Conceptual frameworks for transdisciplinary education

Concluding points

Notes on Editors

Notes on Other Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781789387872

1789387876

9781789387889

1789387884

OCLC:

1396696116