Sunday, 15 February 2009

Teaching sustainability and ethics

We recently held an open meeting for students and staff at the University of Dundee, School of Design, on the subject of Sustainability - What students want!

It was a very healthy discussion which centred round the subject and how we should be integrating it into our courses. What are your thoughts? Should sustainability and ethics be taught through students briefs or is there another vehicle that is more appropriate for the delivery of the subject. One thought is workshops. A much more active participatory experience. A question I ask is also the feasibility of interdisciplinary activities. In an ideal world it would be advantageous to have mixed disciplines within a project, however due to course schedules this is often hard to accommodate.

What is your opinion?

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