Hello Keith,
Your story reminds me of an assignment that was carefully written in
order to be non descriptive of a result, but of a route.
I had a group of (industrial) design students and crafts students.
One week after giving the assignment, the craft students came to the
meeting with dozens of drawings and models, the design students came
with notebooks and written stuff that was not challenging the brief,
but ultimately questionning the very purpose of the exercise. The
contrast was stricking !
Eventually everyone managed to get something done, but it was not
pleasant for some of them.
Regards,
Jean
Le 17 sept. 09 à 09:34, Keith Russell a écrit :
I've just finished marking an assignment - the students come from
design, communication and IT. The design students, in general,
exceeded the brief but failed to meet the brief. The IT students just
didn't approach any part of the assignment they didn't understand.
The communication students addressed the major issues like well-
behaved traditional arts students.
I have notice the design response before. Design students seem to
think that there is some requirement to be different. Maybe they
think they are outside the square? Maybe they think they are coming
up with novel solutions. Whatever, they fail to approach the task
with rigour.
Have others had such experiences?
cheers
keith russell
oz newcastle
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