The Relationship Between Designing and Making, and Creative Design Processes that Could be Used in Second Level Education.

Authors

John Walsh, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

2. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, *pedagogy, Architectural design

Publication Details

This was the Keynote Presentation of the TechnoTeachers Conference 2013 at the Strand Hotel, Limerick.

Further information can be found at http://www.technoteachers.ie/news?newsId=17

Abstract

This presentation was made at the TechnoTeachers Conference 2013. The Technology Teachers Association represents teachers of subjects including Technology, Materials Technology Wood, Technical Graphics, Design & Communication Graphics and Construction Studies. Despite having limited training in Design, these teachers have become the main providers of Design education at second level. This presentation looked at the importance of design to industry, society and beyond. Design in Ireland in general and in particular, how Design is taught in second level education. It considers in brief some methodologies that may be used in the teaching of design in this context. Ultimately, the aim of the presentation was to provoke discussion with practitioners about the place of Design within second level education.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/D7JF8P

Recommended Citation

Walsh, J. (2013) The relationship between Designing and Making, and Creative Design Processes that could be used in Second Level Education, TechnoTeachers Conference 2013, Strand Hotel, Limerick.