HUMAN-CENTERED SUPPORT OF EDUCATION IN DESIGN PROBLEM SOLVING
DS 60: Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2010
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Hacker, W.; Melzer, M.; Debitz, U.; Stelzer, R.
Section: DESIGN SUPPORT TOOLS
Page(s): 1325-1332
Abstract
The integration of teaching non-technical (“soft”) skills in engineers’ initial and further education is important, but widely disregarded (e.g. Crawley, Malmqvist, Östlund & Brodeur, 2007). Therefore a balanced set of support techniques and tools for the decisive creative early phases of product development as well as for subordinate aspects of the design process (planning and documenting; working as a design team) was developed, integrated in engineering students´ regular curriculum, and evaluated. The results are not contrary to the potential utility of the suggested support system.
Keywords: design problem solving, non-technical skills, education in engineering design