Dear Tim,
I have no problem with the idea that many people reflect and that
designers are people. The problem I have is that the argument you raise
is in fact not an argument but rather an assertion. I have spent some
time teasing out Schon's many comments on reflection and I have devise a
test based on his comments to determine whether people who claim to be
doing problem based (reflective) learing are in fact doing it or simply
saying that as Schon says, designers reflect in their practice. You
might wish to be the first person in the world to complete my survey. So
far I have received no answers and I have asked many people - the last
comment I got was "hey, that's way too philosophical for me".
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/ma/staff/russell/scandal/five.htm
keith
Tim Smithers wrote:
> Dear Keith,
>
> You say,
>
> "... just doing design again and again and again
> leads to no new knowledge."
>
> Then you cannot be talking about the same thing
> as I understand when we talk of designing.
>
> Designing always generates new knowledge,
> new knowing in the designer, and often new
> knowing in others too. To borrow from
> Donald Schön, designing is a reflective
> practice, and reflection results in new knowing.
>
> I'd say that designing is necessarily a knowledge
> generating process.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tim Smithers
> CEIT, Donostia / San Sebastián
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