Abstract
This research focuses on development of model used in teaching ‘Design Thinking’ to students majoring in engineering with emphasis on creative ideation and expression, and its application examples. Following the Second World War, educational circles in the area of engineering, due to excessive influence of Engineering Science, have come to concentrate relatively more on analysis of phenomenon and theoretical research rather than traditional format of engineering education, which places importance on visual thinking and actual experience, in development of curriculum. This research presents the process of development of new educational model in order to introduce core educational program of design that employs 4 types of activities, namely, ‘Problem Finding’, ‘Problem Solving’, ‘Visualization’ and ‘Evaluation’, as the main framework of educational curriculum for those who majoring the field to the existing engineering education circle; and introduces cases in which such has been actually applied to pedagogical area of the mechanical engineering in Korea. Furthermore, this research attempts to illustrate how Design Thinking can make contribution to other academic areas by transcending the academic boundaries of the existing studies in design.
Keywords
design education, design pedagogy, product design, case study, multi disciplinary design
Citation
Kim, J., and Kim, M. (2006) Designing Engineering Education; Development of Design Education Model for Engineers, in Friedman, K., Love, T., Côrte-Real, E. and Rust, C. (eds.), Wonderground - DRS International Conference 2006, 1-4 November, Lisbon, Portugal. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2006/researchpapers/18
Designing Engineering Education; Development of Design Education Model for Engineers
This research focuses on development of model used in teaching ‘Design Thinking’ to students majoring in engineering with emphasis on creative ideation and expression, and its application examples. Following the Second World War, educational circles in the area of engineering, due to excessive influence of Engineering Science, have come to concentrate relatively more on analysis of phenomenon and theoretical research rather than traditional format of engineering education, which places importance on visual thinking and actual experience, in development of curriculum. This research presents the process of development of new educational model in order to introduce core educational program of design that employs 4 types of activities, namely, ‘Problem Finding’, ‘Problem Solving’, ‘Visualization’ and ‘Evaluation’, as the main framework of educational curriculum for those who majoring the field to the existing engineering education circle; and introduces cases in which such has been actually applied to pedagogical area of the mechanical engineering in Korea. Furthermore, this research attempts to illustrate how Design Thinking can make contribution to other academic areas by transcending the academic boundaries of the existing studies in design.