Journal article
Learning to Waste and Wasting to Learn? How to Use Cradle to Cradle Principles to Improve the Teaching of Design
The International journal of engineering education, Vol.26(2), pp.314-323
01/01/2010
Abstract
Engineers of the future are expected to be knowledgeable about the principles and practices needed to develop eco-effective products and manufacturing processes, yet it is challenging to integrate these principles and practices into undergraduate engineering design education. Our research explored one approach for beginning this process to help first-year students understand and apply cradle to cradle design practices in a user-centered, project-based design course. We used McDonough and Braungart's 5-step model of cradle to cradle design as a framework to guide students through several exercises and reflections related to the prototyping activity in the course. The results of the research showed that through limited exposure to cradle to cradle design, students made some progress toward developing adaptive expertise in this area, although they had difficulty reconciling their new-found interest in cradle to cradle design principles with the competing demands of client wishes, time constraints, and limited access to and knowledge of materials.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Learning to Waste and Wasting to Learn? How to Use Cradle to Cradle Principles to Improve the Teaching of Design
- Creators
- Elizabeth Gerber - Northwestern UniversityAnn McKenna - Northwestern UniversityPenny Hirsch - Northwestern UniversityCharles Yarnoff - Northwestern University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The International journal of engineering education, Vol.26(2), pp.314-323
- Publisher
- Tempus Publications
- ISSN
- 0949-149X
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- EEC 0648316 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Engineering Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984462631302771
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