Introduction to Design Education Theory, Research, and Practical Applications for Educators

Section I Design Industries  1. Introduction to Design Industries: Growth, Responsibility, and Uncertainty  2. A Study of the Fashion Industry as a Model of Widespread Systemic Change  3. The New Design Entrepreneurs  4. The Future of the Design Industries  Section II Design Education  5. Introduction to Design Education: The Historical and Contemporary Contexts of US Higher Education  6. The Design School Experience  7. Speculations on the Future Design School Structure  8. The Future of Design Education  9. Global Directions: Unique Approaches to Design Education  Section III Design Pedagogy  10. Introduction to Design Pedagogy  11. Young Adult Development  12. Students’ Transition from High School to Design School  13. Developing Competent Pedagogy: A Web of Practices  Section IV Design Classrooms  14. Introduction to Design Classrooms: A Workbook of Effective and Strategic Teaching Methods for Design Educators  15. A Practical Guide to Teaching the New Design Undergraduates  16. Teaching as Performance  17. Classroom Dynamics: Trust and Conflict      18. Motivation and Design Students  19. The Inclusive Design Classroom  20. Designing the Learning Experience: The Syllabus  21. Assessment as Learning  22. Faculty Mentorship                            

Biography

Steven Faerm is an Associate Professor of Fashion at Parsons School of Design. A Parsons alumnus and Designer of the Year Nominee, he has been teaching for over twenty years and is the author of Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practices, and Techniques (3rd edition, 2022), and Creating a Successful Fashion Collection (2012). His work has been translated into nine languages and his scholarly research has been published in leading academic journals and other publications.

This comprehensive guide is expressly for those charged with leading the next generation of design innovators while also advancing their pedagogy successfully and meaningfully.

- Jackie Mallon, Fashion United

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Despite being rooted in the US context this book transcends geographical boundaries. It is written with great insight, scholarship and understanding of design, teaching, learning. But more than this it is written with genuine care and affection for both the subject and the emerging generation of designers and their teachers. This alone makes it a pleasure to read and a book that will enrich all educators in the field of design education. For those new to teaching design to undergraduates it is almost essential reading and will inform their career for many years to come.

-Dan China for NSEAD

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Prescient in timing, Introduction to Design Education is an enlightening book that discusses many of the reasons why dedicated and advanced pedagogical approaches are more vital than ever in the contexts of the changing design school, student generation and industries.

Faerm does a brilliant job of bringing his rigorous and compelling research to us in an approachable yet authoritative book that should be recommended to both new and experienced teachers of design.

- Noel Palomo-Lovinski, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education

In Introduction to Design Education, Faerm offers remarkable insights and speculations that will benefit fashion educators and administrators alike. The book, which is at the forefront of advanced research, addresses these and many other complex, pressing questions that face design education both today and tomorrow.

Introduction to Design Education is an outstanding contribution to the field of design education and a great start to the process for change within the fashion ed community. It is a must-read for anyone teaching design today. The book has great potential to transform, for the better, the ways in which design schools and their constituents operate, plan, and remain relevant in the years ahead.

-Francesca Sterlacci, Founder/CEO, University of Fashion

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