interdisciplinarity in art and design
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a bit of why
a bit of how
&
dr. nicos souleles
BUT sir do we need: contextual studies, art history, design history?
It is goodfor you!
A bit of a t0-do list:
¶ promote more holistic thinking
¶ exposure to different influences
¶ need to work with multi-disciplinary teams
¶ other good reasons…
• 30% provided by formal learning
• 70% of learning takes place out there
reality check
30%fair amount of procedural knowledge
little left to prepare learnersfor life-long learning
70%
A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES…
professional life of permanent exploration
environment of permanent fluidity & change
what should the travel bag include?
• procedural knowledge !
• Life-long learning skills but which ones?
why design education must change
¶ visual communication¶ interaction design ¶ knowledge of forms & materials ¶ skills in programming ¶ rapid prototyping, research skills ¶ user testing, empathy, ethics…
¶ project-management, business know-how…
need to pack swiss knife of skills
30%fair amount of procedural knowledge
70%
20th century
yesterday’s multi-disciplinarity
21st century today’s inter-disciplinarity
the core of curricula is inter-disciplinary
a bit of how
adult learning theories empirical evidence:
contextualise
knowledge
it is the natural order
“It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. !It is not even the distribution of knowledge. !It is the interconnectedness.”
James Gleick
inter-disciplinarity = natural order
Looking forward to the discussion