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| Authors: | Kay Stables: Goldsmiths, University of London, UK |
| Publication title: | Designerly well-being: Can mainstream schooling offer a curriculum that provides a foundation for developing the lifelong design and technological capability of individuals and societies? |
| Conference: | PATT 26 Conference, Technology Education in the 21st Century, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-30 June, 2012 |
| Publication type: | Abstract and Fulltext |
| Issue: | 073 |
| Article No.: | 050 |
| Abstract: | This paper is presented as a position paper that introduces the idea of designerly well-being as the underpinning concept for the development of the Design and Technology (D&T) and Technology Education curricula to be more fit for purpose in the 21st Century. It starts by unpacking the concept of design capability and designerly well-being and then reviews the current turmoil around the D&T curriculum in England as a way of exploring the potential of the subject, reasons why it is seen to have ’underachieved’ and ways in which the curriculum could be re-thought. Examples of initiatives outside of the formal curriculum are provided to illustrate the value of educational activity that isn’t driven by a formal, prescribed curriculum and a case is made for a radical change to the curriculum that re-prioritises the curriculum away from prescribed knowledge and skill and towards developing attributes of designerly well-being such as passion, curiosity, enthusiasm, risk taking, competence and confidence – all developed through the activity of designing and making. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Design, Capability, Designerly well-being, Curriculum change |
| Year: | 2012 |
| No. of pages: | 9 |
| Pages: | 425-433 |
| ISBN: | 978-91-7519-849-1 |
| Series: | Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings |
| ISSN (print): | 1650-3686 |
| ISSN (online): | 1650-3740 |
| File: | http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/073/050/ecp12073050.pdf |
| Available: | 2012-06-18 |
| Publisher: | Linköping University Electronic Press, Linköpings universitet |
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REFERENCE TO THIS PAGE | Kay Stables (2012). Designerly well-being: Can mainstream schooling offer a curriculum that provides a foundation for developing the lifelong design and technological capability of individuals and societies?, PATT 26 Conference, Technology Education in the 21st Century, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-30 June, 2012 http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp_article/index.en.aspx?issue=073;article=050 (accessed 5/23/2013) |
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