Problem of character in design education: liberal arts and professional specialization
Buchanan R.
2001
International Journal of Technology and Design Education
13
10.1023/A:1011286205584
Many design educators find it uneasy to discuss character and character formation as an aspect of their work. This article provides an overview of the reasons sufficient to make talk about character and character formation potentially dangerous in divisive in a discipline that already faces many challenges to its independence and autonomy.
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
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