EduCare Teaching as a Caring Profession: Nurturing Care & Creativity in Higher Design Education
▶Summary
The project aims to establish a care-centered education framework for design and other academic fields, promoting well-being, inclusion, and innovative teaching. The key objectives are: To Identif...
▶Objectives
The project aims to establish a care-centered education framework for design and other academic fields, promoting well-being, inclusion, and innovative teaching. The key objectives are: To Identify care gaps in design education; To Develop care-ful training and pedagogical tools; To Test and refine training through pilot programs; To Disseminate and scale care-centered education methodologies.
▶Activities
Assessment of care gaps in 3 art & design HEI Identification of care needs in 3 art & design HEI Prototyping Care-Centred Practices Framework (1 Training Module, OER, Manifesto, 1 Handbook) for teachers and academic leaders of HEI and other educational levels Testing and enriching the training and resources Creation of OER for other educational levels and open access learning material and tools on care in Design Education Dissemination for collaboration within and beyond academia.
▶Impact
Increased knowledge on care-centered practices in design education.1 pedagogical framework, 1 Handbook for HE, 1 Manifesto for all school settings, 1 OER, 6+ training resources for 5 partner organizations, 500+ educators, teachers, students, leaders & 200+ stakeholders.Dissemination of open-access tools and training material for HEI, design & care communities, other sectors. Increased interconnection between the education, care, design and CSO sectors.Improved quality of HEI learning environment