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Bravo, Chris. Well put. Jan Coker C3-10 Underdale Campus University of South Australia +61 8 8302 6919 "There is no way to peace, peace is the way" Gandhi -----Original Message----- From: Chris Heape [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2003 3:18 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Transformative learning Hi Lubomir, Thanks for your comments. I would like to emphasise that the example I gave, unfortunate as it is, was to give a vivid example of what some of the personal mechanisms for the students are, when trying to tackle the complexity of learning to be a designer. That these problems can both be about their personal working process or generated by worn conceptions as to what design is about. That is often the responsibility of the program in question. I have within the same program and others experienced students that are both committed, gifted and willing to move themselves. My whole aim in generating this discussion is to try and uncover, by gaining a richer understanding of the processes involved, what we as design teachers can do to help improve these students' abilities. On the bottom line, every student has potential resources that often never get realised. I think it is our responsibility to help them realise those resources and ensure that they can function, in my view, in a collaborative design environment. The reason I am so optimistic, is that I have seen how some students can radically improve their designing ability, when given the correct understanding and response. The example I gave with the drawing student, reflected as much on the teachers involved as it did on the student. Best regards, Chris. ------------- from: Chris Heape Senior Researcher - Design Didactics / Design Practice Mads Clausen Institute University of Southern Denmark Sønderborg Denmark http://www.mci.sdu.dk Work: tel: +45 6550 1671 e.mail: chris @mci.sdu.dk