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Teaching creative design: a challenging field

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This paper considers the issue of creativity in design education. More specifically, it discusses key challenges for teaching creative design as they are identified by design academics. The paper presents an analysis of primary data collected for an ongoing research project on assessing creativity in design. It identifies six key issues facing design academics when teaching creative design courses, namely: terminology; subjectivity and marking; culture and context; personalities; resources; and pedagogical approach.

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DESIRE '11: Procedings of the Second Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design
October 2011
358 pages
ISBN:9781450307543
DOI:10.1145/2079216
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  • Eindhoven University of Technology Department of Industrial Design: Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Design
  • European Union: European Union

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Published: 19 October 2011

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  1. assessment
  2. challenges
  3. creativity
  4. design education
  5. instruction

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DESIRE '11
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  • Eindhoven University of Technology Department of Industrial Design
  • European Union
DESIRE '11: Creativity and Innovation in Design
October 19 - 21, 2011
Eindhoven, Netherlands

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