Sustainable development primers for design students: A comparative study

Authors: Garland, N., Khan, Z. and Palmer, S.

Journal: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Design Education for Future Wellbeing, EPDE 2012

Pages: 617-624

Abstract:

Within the higher education sector there has been progress incorporating or embedding sustainable development concepts into the engineering and design curriculum. Despite guidance from the Engineering Council and other institutions highlighting the wider qualitative aspects these are largely ignored within engineering and design education in favour of the more quantitative environmental and economic impact methodologies. To promote student understanding and engagement with the concepts of sustainable development an introductory primer was developed utilising both PBL and PAL methods. The course was delivered to mixed groups of first and second year BSc Design Engineering students during the first week of 3 consecutive academic years. The first course examined a product of clear social usefulness and the barriers to consumer acceptance in unfamiliar markets. The second utilised design analysis for technical understanding before students differentiated between product types through functional service, social value and material utilisation. The third included students drawn from BA Design Business Management. The foci were up-stream resource supply elements that threaten enterprise resilience rather than the customer perspective. The outputs identified a clear transition of understanding amongst the students for each of the primer courses. However, the most successful were those that held the design process and physical artefact at its heart.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/24546/

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Preferred by: Sarah Palmer-Smith and Zulfiqar Khan

Sustainable development primers for design students: A comparative study

Authors: Garland, N., Khan, Z. and Palmer, S.

Editors: Buck, L., Frateur, G., Ion, W., McMahon, C., Baelus, C., de Grande, G. and Vervulgen, S.

Conference: 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (EPDE12) Design Education for Future Wellbeing

Dates: 6-7 September 2012

Journal: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (EPDE12) Design Education for Future Wellbeing

Pages: 617-622

Publisher: Design Society

Place of Publication: Glasgow, UK

ISBN: 9781904670360

Abstract:

Within the higher education sector there has been progress incorporating or embedding sustainable development concepts into the engineering and design curriculum. Despite guidance from the Engineering Council and other institutions highlighting the wider qualitative aspects these are largely ignored within engineering and design education in favour of the more quantitative environmental and economic impact methodologies. To promote student understanding and engagement with the concepts of sustainable development an introductory primer was developed utilising both PBL and PAL methods. The course was delivered to mixed groups of first and second year BSc Design Engineering students during the first week of 3 consecutive academic years. The first course examined a product of clear social usefulness and the barriers to consumer acceptance in unfamiliar markets. The second utilised design analysis for technical understanding before students differentiated between product types through functional service, social value and material utilisation. The third included students drawn from BA Design Business Management. The foci were up-stream resource supply elements that threaten enterprise resilience rather than the customer perspective. The outputs identified a clear transition of understanding amongst the students for each of the primer courses. However, the most successful were those that held the design process and physical artefact at its heart.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/24546/

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Preferred by: Nigel Garland

Sustainable development primers for design students: A comparative study

Authors: Garland, N.P., Khan, Z.A. and Palmer, S.

Editors: Buck, L., Frateur, G., Ion, W., McMahon, C., Baelus, C., de Grande, G. and Vervulgen, S.

Conference: 14th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE12) Design Education for Future Wellbeing

Pages: 617-622

Publisher: The Design Society, Institution of Engineering Designers

ISBN: 9781904670360

Abstract:

Within the higher education sector there has been progress incorporating or embedding sustainable development concepts into the engineering and design curriculum. Despite guidance from the Engineering Council and other institutions highlighting the wider qualitative aspects these are largely ignored within engineering and design education in favour of the more quantitative environmental and economic impact methodologies. To promote student understanding and engagement with the concepts of sustainable development an introductory primer was developed utilising both PBL and PAL methods. The course was delivered to mixed groups of first and second year BSc Design Engineering students during the first week of 3 consecutive academic years. The first course examined a product of clear social usefulness and the barriers to consumer acceptance in unfamiliar markets. The second utilised design analysis for technical understanding before students differentiated between product types through functional service, social value and material utilisation. The third included students drawn from BA Design Business Management. The foci were up-stream resource supply elements that threaten enterprise resilience rather than the customer perspective. The outputs identified a clear transition of understanding amongst the students for each of the primer courses. However, the most successful were those that held the design process and physical artefact at its heart.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/24546/

https://www.designsociety.org/publication/31935/ds_74_proceedings_of_the_14th_international_conference_on_engineering_product_design_education_e_pde12_design_education_for_future_wellbeing_antwerp_belguim_06-07_9_2012

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