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International Journal of Technology and Design Education

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The role of space in interdisciplinary collaboration in design education

Authors: Pınar Kaygan, Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu

Published in: International Journal of Technology and Design Education | Issue 3/2018

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The growing interest in the collaborative design education for innovation has mainly been concerned with students and learning outcomes. We know less about the collaboration between the tutors who teach interdisciplinary design courses. Addressing this gap, this article explores the effect of space on the interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty members from the fields of industrial design, architecture, engineering and business administration, who come together to design and conduct an extra-curricular educational activity, Interdisciplinary Design Studio (IDS) at METU. The empirical basis of this study comes from the interviews with the faculty members and the participant observation notes generated during the IDS meetings. The findings show that the effect of space on collaboration becomes evident over three issues, (1) the participation of tutors, (2) the commonality of their expectations from a design project, and (3) the interaction not only between students and tutors, but also among tutors as an interdisciplinary team.

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Title: The role of space in interdisciplinary collaboration in design education
Authors: Pınar Kaygan
Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu
Publication date: 24-05-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal of Technology and Design Education / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0957-7572
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1804
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-017-9407-2

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