Broadening design-led education horizons: conceptual insights and future research directions

International Journal of Technology and Design Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-23

  Wright, Natalie ^a   Wrigley, Cara ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creative knowledge economy; Design education; Design thinking; Educational innovation; Lifelong learning; Secondary education; Twenty first century skills

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EDUCATION;

DESIGN EDUCATION; DESIGN THINKING; EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS; KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; LIFE LONG LEARNING; TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SKILLS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85032835076     PISSN: 09577572     EISSN: 15731804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-017-9429-9     Document Type: Article

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