What does it mean to design? A qualitative investigation of design professionals' experiences

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-219

  Daly, Shanna R ^a   Adams, Robin S ^b   Bodner, Andgeorge M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design cognition; Design education; Phenomenography

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

DESIGN COGNITION; DESIGN EDUCATION; DESIGN PROFESSIONALS; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING PROFESSION; ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS; PHENOMENOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84859996522     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00048.x     Document Type: Article

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