Abstract
In our work as design educators, we have been experimenting with and researching a range of initiatives that aim to improve design student wellbeing, learning outcomes and designer resilience at TU Delft and at the University of Technology Sydney. One aspect that has come up repeatedly in our work is this pressure to perform and its tension with learning and wellbeing. We used this DRS22 conversation to explore this topic more deeply.
Keywords
design education, student wellbeing, student success
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.917
Citation
van den Bergh, M., van der Bijl-Brouwer, M., and Price, R. (2022) The desire to excel in design education: Have we pushed it too far?, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 27 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.917
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The desire to excel in design education: Have we pushed it too far?
In our work as design educators, we have been experimenting with and researching a range of initiatives that aim to improve design student wellbeing, learning outcomes and designer resilience at TU Delft and at the University of Technology Sydney. One aspect that has come up repeatedly in our work is this pressure to perform and its tension with learning and wellbeing. We used this DRS22 conversation to explore this topic more deeply.