• Democratic design literacy research 

      Maus, Ingvill Gjerdrum (Conference object, 2022)
      This paper presents ideas about education and democracy embedded in studies on design literacy for sustainability. The descriptions of one semi-structured group interview study and one action research study provided in ...
    • Design literacy for longer lasting products 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete; Brænne, Karen (Studies in Material thinking;9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Abstract: In this article, we discuss the design literacy concept from a Nordic educational perspective. Design literacy is used for the expression of competence, where different ways of communicating meaning, function ...
    • Design Literacy in General Education 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete (Design and Technology Education: An International Journal;Vol 22 No 1 (2017), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-24)
      I had the pleasure of attending several sessions of the DRS2016 50th anniversary conference in Brighton this summer. Many of them were linked to the conference theme ‘Future-focused thinking’. In reflecting on the theme, ...
    • Design processes and co-activity in design education 

      Kvellestad, Randi Veiteberg (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In an artistic design process, interaction occurs between the material, the techniques and the artist. In design education, interaction occurs between students and the lecturer, between students and other students, and ...
    • E-textiles: An interdisciplinary approach. Problem solving in an educational context 

      Strand, Kari Saasen; Haakonsen, Peter; Fauske, Laila Belinda (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk;Vol 13 Nr 6 (2020): Utdanning for ny praksis - teknologi, design og bærekraft på tvers I. Temanummer, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-31)
      This article aims to shed light on e-textiles as a fusion of different skills. The empirical starting point is a workshop on e-textiles offered to a group of teachers attending a continuing education course in art and ...
    • Editorial: Design Pedagogy 

      Jones, Derek; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Digranes, Ingvild; Lotz, Nicole; Noel, Lesley-Ann; Börekcle, Naz A. G. Z. (Proceedings of DRS2020 International Conference;Synergy;Volume 4: Education, Chapter; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The number of DRS 2020 paper submissions relating to design education reflects the ongoing and active engagement of the design education research community. 2020 will, of course, be remembered for the Covid-19 pandemic and ...
    • FlexiDig – Flexible Digital Classroom Master students’ experiences with simple and flexible blended education 

      Reitan, Janne Beate; Chaudhuri, Arnab (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk;Vol 14 Nr 3 (2021): Education for new practice – Technology, design and sustainability across professions II. Special Issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-02)
      This article presents an ongoing research project regarding blended education; Flexible Digital Classroom (FlexiDig), and a survey on full-time and part-time students’ experiences with blended education in a master’s ...
    • Future scenario building and youths' civic insights 

      Ringvold, Tore Andre; Digranes, Ingvild (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)
      This study considers whether future scenario building in design education can serve to increase students’ civic insights regarding sustainable development. A school project, 'Build Your Own Future’, including 7th graders’ work ...
    • The importance of practising design for design educators and researchers 

      Isachsen, Sissel; Reitan, Janne Beate (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper presents a design ‘practitioner’ in dialogue with a design ‘theorist’ about the importance of practising design for design educators and design researchers. The use of dialogue as a research method was inspired ...
    • Learning by watching Vernacular Iñupiaq-Inuit design learning as inspiration for design education 

      Reitan, Janne Beate (Techne series : Research in sloyd education and crafts science. A;21(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      In this article , I explore a single case of vernacular clothing design — the practice and learning of design for contemporary Iñupiaq - Inuit clothing made by women from Kaktovik in N orth ern Alaska — and ...
    • Learning-by-watching as concept and as a reason to choose professional higher design education 

      Reitan, Janne Beate (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)
      This paper discusses the concept of learning-by-watching, defined as learning through visual observation and critically connected to Dewey’s concept of learning-by-doing. It then presents and discusses learning-by-watching ...
    • Narrowing the gap between general design education and higher education in design 

      Fauske, Laila Belinda (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper illuminates the 13-year run for general design education, which developed in response to the art and design education community’s ability to build an academic community originating ...
    • Roles of Design Processes Models as Didactic Materials 

      von Bohemia, Erik; Bravo, Ursula (Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management;Vol 2, No 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We argue that visual representations of design processes contribute toward social and material practices of design(ing). They are used as didactic devices. We will discuss them using metaphors to illustrate that they are ...
    • Systematic cooperation for improved practice in primary schools’ design education in the Art and crafts subject 

      Irene, Brodshaug; Reitan, Janne Beate (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper focuses on communities of practice and educational development with design education in the subject of Arts and Crafts in primary and lower secondary schools in Norway. In part, this study is based on research ...
    • Teaching Size, Area and Scale 

      Strand, Ingri; Lutnæs, Eva (Nordic Design Research;No 9 (2021): Nordes 2021: Matters of Scale, Academic article, 2021)
      Gaining an understanding of scale, area and size is an important part of the subject of Art and crafts. Although this skill should be practiced, perhaps even mastered, by pupils in primary education, it is regarded as ...
    • Visualising ideas: a camera is not enough 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete (DRS Cumulus;2013, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2013)
    • Working Together: Cooperation or Collaboration? 

      Kvellestad, Randi Veiteberg; Stana, Ingeborg; Vatn, Gunhild (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk;Vol 14 Nr. 4 (2021): Norwegian papers from the the Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference – ADIM 2019. Special Issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-29)
      Teamwork involves different types of interactions—specifically cooperation and collaboration—that are necessary in education and many other professions. The differences between cooperation and collaboration underline the ...