As a manager, I would much rather have to get someone up to speed with 'how to do' than 'how to think'. Particularly in graduate school - the tough part is framing the problem and solving it. I can find people to prototype an idea anywhere - and for cheap.
Mark On Dec 13, 2007, at 7:49 PM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote: > Not to completely derail the conversation (maybe a topic change?) > but ... > > I actually experienced similar issues while doing some teaching at > Sheridan college here in Toronto, but in reverse. The students all > had a solid practical foundation in design, but were really lacking > the theory and history side of things. Lots of "how," not much "why." > I found the same thing at OCAD in thier BFA programs. > > This is in contrast to the situation you're talking about at the new > breed of design schools, but indicative of the same problem... very > one sided education. Art and design schools should be pushing for a > balance of theory and practice... being a great crafts-person doesn't > mean much if you don't really understand what you're making, and vice > versa. > > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:54:27, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes, getting caught up in the differences between institutional >> education (the context of this thread) and practice. Prototypes and >> modesl are a key element in DT practice. But from what I understand >> of DT education/curricula is that they don't teach actual craft >> skills that will lead you to do your own prototypes/models/sketches >> etc. they only teach you about processes for how to employ those >> skills. If I'm wrong, I'm sorry. > > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
