Introduction to Design Education Theory, Research, and Practical Applications for Educators

This practical, engaging book offers design educators a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to design education and pedagogy in higher education. Featuring instructional strategies and case studies from diverse design disciplines, including fashion design, architecture, and industrial design, from both the US and abroad, award-winning author Steven Faerm contextualizes design pedagogy with student development—a critical component to fostering successful teaching, optimal learning, and student success in this ever-evolving industry. Features include the following: · Advanced pedagogical methods and strategies to improve design students’ learning, holistic development, and design school experience. · Insights into the changing nature of the design industries and future challenges faced by design educators within higher education, and how design programs can be strengthened to better respond to these challenges. · A range of practical, flexible teaching methods and pedagogical techniques that design educators can easily adapt to their own settings. · Diverse international case studies and interviews with thought leaders in design, design education, and higher education. Written by a leading educator in fashion design, Faerm offers educators, school leaders, and administrators the context and skills to understand the evolving nature of the design industry and design education, and to improve design students’ learning and design school experience.

SectionI Design Industries1. Introduction to Design Industries: Growth, Responsibility, and Uncertainty 2. A Study of the Fashion Industry as a Model of Widespread Systemic Change 3. The New Design Entrepreneurs 4. The Future of the Design Industries SectionII Design Education5. Introduction to Design Education: The Historical and Contemporary Contexts ofUS Higher Education 6. The Design School Experience 7. Speculations on the Future Design School Structure 8. The Future of Design Education 9. Global Directions: Unique Approaches to Design EducationSectionIII Design Pedagogy10. Introduction to Design Pedagogy11. Young Adult Development 12. Students’ Transition from High School to Design School 13. Developing Competent Pedagogy: A Web of PracticesSectionIV Design Classrooms14. Introduction to Design Classrooms: A Workbook of Effective and Strategic Teaching Methods for Design Educators 15. A Practical Guide to Teaching the New Design Undergraduates 16. Teaching as Performance 17. Classroom Dynamics: Trust and Conflict 18. Motivation and Design Students 19. The Inclusive Design Classroom 20. Designing the Learning Experience: The Syllabus 21. Assessment as Learning 22. Faculty Mentorship

Steven Faerm is an Associate Professor of Fashion at Parsons School of Design. A Parsons alumnus and Designer of the Year Nominee, he has been teaching for over twenty years and is the author of Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practices, and Techniques (3rd edition, 2022), and Creating a Successful Fashion Collection (2012). His work has been translated into nine languages and his scholarly research has been published in leading academic journals and other publications.