To Explore a New Possibility for Design Education in Elementary Curricula : Based on Interviews with Two Professional Designers

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  • SHIMIZU Kakeru
    The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies

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  • 小学校におけるデザイン教育の可能性を探る : デザイナーへのインタビューに基づいて
  • ショウガッコウ ニ オケル デザイン キョウイク ノ カノウセイ オ サグル デザイナー エ ノ インタビュー ニ モトズイテ

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This paper presents a new possibility for design education in elementary curricula. In conventional education, design education in elementary curricula has been based on the philosophy of art education, with representation as the central concept. However, recently meaning of the term "design" seems to have become unclear and the term is not used in the new curriculum guidelines. Moreover, the direction of design education itself seems to have been lost. To gain a better understanding of design education I conducted interviews with two professional designers. From the interviews, I learned three essential points for design education in elementary education: using daily life as a target, knowing about the function of design, and incorporating cooperative learning. In this paper I suggest a new direction for design education from the point of view of design literacy based on the results of this study.

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