Common language for community building
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Neuberg, A. & Digranes, I. (2017). Common Language for Community Building. I A. Berg, E. Bohemia, L. Buck, T. Gulden, A. Kovacevic, N. Pavel N.(Red.), Building community: Design education for a sustainable future : proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, HiOA University, Oslo, Norway, on the 7th & 8th September 2017. Westbury, Wiltshire: The Design Society, 394-399Abstract
This paper is based on a master’s thesis that will be co
mpleted in the spring of 2017. Through critical
realism, we will analyse the attitudes and priorities in design education in Norwegian primary schools.
The aim of this article is to shed light on causal mechanisms which must be taken into consideration
whe
n developing new curricula. With professional terminology and concepts as a starting point, we
will delve into selected public documents, white papers and curricula to determine how these texts
affect teachers working in the field. This study has been set
in context with what use of concepts can
have in a social perspective, as well as what the academic field can contribute with in terms of future
curricula and community building.