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ENE 62000: Design Cognition and Learning

This guide includes helpful information and resources for students taking ENE 620.

Readings

Read:

Designing Engineers by Louis L. Bucciarelli
Call Number: TA174 .B756 1994
ISBN: 0262023776
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
[Framework and example] Bucciarelli, L. L. (1996). Chapter 1-2 (framework and overview of study design) and Chapter 6 (case study).

Read one - perspectives on the experience of design as a social process in professional settings:

Professional Perspectives on Collaborative Design Work
Feast, L., (2012). CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts, 8(4), pp. 215-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2012.734828
Barriers and Enablers for Creating Shared Understanding in Co-design Projects
Kleinsmann, M., and Valkenburg, R. (2008). Design Studies, 29, 269-386.

Read one - perspectives on co-design as a process, social aspects of analogical reasoning:

Brereton, M. F., Cannon, D. M., Mabogunje, A., & Leifer, L. J. (1996). “Collaboration in design teams: How social interaction shapes the product.” In H. C. N. Cross, K. Dorst (Ed.),Analysing design activity. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Including excluded perspectives in participatory action research
Cahill, C. (2007). Design Studies,28, pp. 325-340.
Collaborative problem–solution co-evolution in creative design
Wiltschnig, S. Christensen, B.T., and Ball, L. (2013). Design Studies, 34, pp. 515-542. [Social aspects of analogical reasoning, dealing with uncertainty, co-evolution]