How to be a design academic: from learning to leading

This book is about how to be a design academic. In another words, how to manage the various challenges, requirements, and processes that come with both the everyday and extra-ordinary parts of an academic role in design fields (from architecture, urban design, interior design and landscape architect...

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Other Authors: Blackler, Alethea (Editor), Miller, Evonne 1977- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton ; London ; New York CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Edition:First edition
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Summary:This book is about how to be a design academic. In another words, how to manage the various challenges, requirements, and processes that come with both the everyday and extra-ordinary parts of an academic role in design fields (from architecture, urban design, interior design and landscape architecture, to fashion, industrial, interaction and graphic design). The book is organised in two parts – Part 1, Starting out and Part 2, Becoming a Leader. It includes real-life experiences of actual academics and offers a wide range of experiences of authors from early career researchers to full professors and heads of schools. It contains all aspects of academic life, including the highs and lows of teaching, research, leadership, and managing your working life and your career. This book is perfect for academics, aspiring academics, and research students in a wide range of design fields
Item Description:1. Introduction. 2. Glossary of Relevant Terms. Section 1: Crafting Your Unique Career Path. 3. Industry to Academia: The Enhance Academic. 4. Finding Your Place as a "Non-Designer" in a Design School. 5. Forming Authentic, Long-Term and Embedded Academic-Industry Partnerships. Section 2: Managing Your Academic Life. 6. Running the Academic Marathon: Planning and Executing. 7. The Work: Life Balance of a Design Academic. Section 3: Being a Successful Design Educator. 8. Design vs Designing Thinking. 9. Designing Curriculum: From Process to People. 10. Innovative Teaching and Assessment. 11. Building Student Engagement through Mentoring. Section 4: Being A Successful Design Researcher. 12. Getting That PhD. 13. Always Learning. 14. Building a Research Group. 15. Building Your Own Research Field. Section 5: Conclusion. 16. Leadership of a Design School. 17. Meandering Through an Academic Landscape
Physical Description:xviii, 328 Seiten Illustrationen 234 mm
ISBN:9780367362904

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