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Ignorance, Environmental Education Research and Design Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Deirdre Barron ,
Simon Jackson  and
Lyndon Anderson
Deirdre Barron*
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology
Simon Jackson
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology
Lyndon Anderson
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology
*
†Research and Research Studies Coordinator, Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran Campus, 144 High Street, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia. Email: DBarron@groupwise.swin.edu.au
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Abstract

In the relatively new discipline of design education we have the opportunity to frame the way that design education is formulated. The relative lack of theorists in the field of design education studies leaves unquestioned the relevance of conventional practices of design education that are premised on only tangentially relevant Art, Science and Information Technology models. There is a gap in design education development regarding how to mediate ecological concerns with techno-scientific imperatives. Environmental education researchers can influence this new field by challenging existing approaches to design education with particular attention to the ways design either contributes to or hinders the development of a sustainable society. In order to enter this discussion with environmental education researchers we identify three ecological issues faced by designers and design educators, here we pay particular attention to Industrial Design. The question for this paper is, can environmental education researchers offer advice to the design education area that may help us develop ecologically sustainable design-based programs. The newness of ecological concerns in the design research and design education areas means that we have a great deal to learn. If environmental education researchers are able to assist us with our reflections on designing curricula that in turn encourages a more ecologically aware design profession then this would be a worthwhile contribution to design practice in Australia, and indeed the world.

Keywords

design educationgreen-designeco-designsustainability
Type
Research Article
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 21 , 2005 , pp. 39 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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