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Teaching Art a Greener Path: Integrating Sustainability Concepts of Interior Design Curriculum into the Art Education Curriculum
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Hasio, Cindy; Crane, Tommy J. – Art Education, 2014
Interior design is seldom integrated within the general art education curriculum because the subject matter is generally segregated as a commercial art. However, the importance of interior design concepts of sustainability in art education can really help a student understand the scale and proportion of space and mass, and how sustainability is…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Art Education, Concept Teaching, Interior Design
A Pre- and Post-Evaluation of Integrating Sustainability Curriculum by Inserting Okala Modules into an Interior Design Materials and Methods Course
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Schneiderman, Deborah; Freihoefer, Kara – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the integration of Okala curriculum into Interior Design coursework. Okala, as a teaching package, is utilized extensively in industrial design education. However, this study examines the expansion and insertion of Okala modules in an existing interior design curriculum. The Okala modules included…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education
Internationalising Experiential Learning for Sustainable Development Education
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Lee, Young S.; Schottenfeld, Matthew A. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2012
The article discusses the internationalising of informal experiential learning as a pedagogical intervention for sustainable development education in the curriculum of built environment disciplines in the United States (US). A group of American students in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University participated in…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Intervention, Environmental Education, Physical Environment
The Attitudes of Interior Design Students towards Sustainability
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Ruff, Caimen Leigh; Olson, Margot A. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2009
To measure attitudes toward environmental issues, interior design students responded to a four-part survey: demographics, ecology, sustainability, and comments. The ecology section was composed of modifications of questions from the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (Dunlap et al. "Journal of Environmental Education," 9:10-19, 2000). The researchers…
Descriptors: Interior Design, Student Attitudes, Environmental Education, Ecology
Using Reflective Journals in a Sustainable Design Studio
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Gulwadi, Gowri Betrabet – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2009
Purpose: This paper seeks to introduce a pedagogical method used in a design studio as part of a curriculum-greening process to encourage reflection on the complexity of sustainability and sustainable design. Online reflective journals were used in two semesters of a sustainable design studio to develop students' awareness and understanding of…
Descriptors: Interior Design, Journal Writing, Reflection, Teaching Methods
The Illinois Plan for Home Economics Education. A Curriculum Guide. Creative Lifeskills Course.
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Illinois State Univ., Normal. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1992
This curriculum guide, which was designed for an exploration/orientation course in home economics aimed at encouraging and developing personal creativity, contains the following materials: a course description, course objectives, background information for instructors, curriculum guide interpretation, an abbreviated course outline, a detailed…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Creative Development, Creative Thinking