Abstract
A number of events led to the development of the International Conference for Design Education Researchers. One of these was a declaration by the Dean of the Design School where I worked at the time that academics in the design field should not be pursuing design education research. I felt this was a poorly conceived idea as most design academics are concerned about their student's learning and thus would be motivated to become acquainted with practice-based research to evidence their ‘good’ pedagogical practices. Second, was the realisation that, in the UK, design education research was seen as uncritical and thus trivial by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) Panel members. The third was my impatience with the Design Research Society, after I joined its Council, to provide a platform for design education researchers to improve their research practices.
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reflection
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs_lxd2021.11.377
Citation
Bohemia, E.(2021) Paris 2011: Researching design education, in Bohemia, E., Nielsen, L.M., Pan, L., Börekçi, N.A.G.Z., Zhang, Y. (eds.), Learn X Design 2021: Engaging with challenges in design education, 24-26 September, Shandong University of Art & Design, Jinan, China. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs_lxd2021.11.377
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Paris 2011: Researching design education
A number of events led to the development of the International Conference for Design Education Researchers. One of these was a declaration by the Dean of the Design School where I worked at the time that academics in the design field should not be pursuing design education research. I felt this was a poorly conceived idea as most design academics are concerned about their student's learning and thus would be motivated to become acquainted with practice-based research to evidence their ‘good’ pedagogical practices. Second, was the realisation that, in the UK, design education research was seen as uncritical and thus trivial by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) Panel members. The third was my impatience with the Design Research Society, after I joined its Council, to provide a platform for design education researchers to improve their research practices.