Author(s): Trudy Watt
This paper describes a theoretical framework for conducting design research with students based on early anecdotal evidence from an academic design research team that weaves a strengths-based approach to developing self-knowledge into an open-ended and non-hierarchical project investigation environment that explores inherently interdisciplinary ‘wicked’ problems.
https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.109.64
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