Category / View From Crossroads
Why Design: “They Listen and They Hear”
(Fourth post in the “Why Design?” series. All of Garreth’s writing represent a view from the crossroads of education and design. See more of Garreth’s posts here.) A few weeks ago I wrote that I would be delving into the ways I see design as a method that honors the traditions and goals of liberal education as outlined…
Redesigning Education: What’s That Type of Learning Look Like?
(All of Garreth’s writing represent a view from the crossroads of education and design. See more of Garreth’s posts here. This is a cross posting of a blog written for the website “Only Connect.)” I used to chafe at Sir Ken Robinson’s call to start an education revolution. I used to think redesigning education could…
Redesigning Education: Rethinking College Admissions
(All of Garreth’s writing represent a view from the crossroads of education and design. See more of Garreth’s posts here.) THE BEAUTIFUL DANGER OF COFFEE AFTER 2PM Saturday night, somewhere around 12:20 AM, I was searching my twitter feed and came across a post from Grant Lichtman. The tweet linked to a report from the…
Why Design: Design as Liberal Education
(Third post in the “Why Design?” series. All of Garreth’s writing represent a view from the crossroads of education and design. See more of Garreth’s posts here.) The emergence of design thinking in the twentieth century . . . lies in a concern to connect and integrate useful knowledge from the arts and sciences alike,…
Why Design: From Making the Grade to Making
(Second post in the “Why Design?” series. All of Garreth’s writing represent a view from the crossroads of education and design. See more of Garreth’s posts here. I work in an area of Pennsylvania with many “good” public schools. I say “good” because there are a number of high schools in this area that sit…
A View from the Crossroads: Why Design?
(First post in the “Why Design?” series. All of Garreth’s writing represent a view from the crossroads of education and design. See more of Garreth’s posts here. Here begins a series of posts looking at the research and rationale for the inclusion of design-based learning, the use/presence of design and maker programs in school curricula,…