Developing a human-centered attitude through experiental learning
Developing a human-centered attitude through experiental learning
Samenvatting
This paper describes factors that nurture a human-centered attitude of a design curriculum. A brief literature study defines a human-centered attitude and explains how to develop this attitude by using experiential learning theories. Furthermore, an illustrative case study reflects on the humancentered elements of a multimedia design course. This study recommends the teaching of humancentered methods as an integral part of a design curriculum, a teaching style that questions the human-centered aspects of the student's work and composing authentic and challenging project briefs with real people. To develop a human-centered attitude students need to involve real people into their design process and empathize with them. The experience with real people affects their beliefs, which can result in changing their attitudes towards people.
Organisatie | Hogeschool Rotterdam |
Lectoraat | Kenniscentrum Creating 010 |
Gepubliceerd in | Diversity and Unity: Proceedings of IASDR2011, the 4th World Conference on Design Research. Delft. The Netherlands, October 31 - November 4 2011 |
Datum | 2011-10-31 |
Type | Artikel |
Taal | Engels |