Patterns of Car History - A Teaching Aid that Developed into a Research Project
Year: 2010
Section: EXPERIENCES WITH COURSES/EDUCATION
Editor: Boks W; Ion, W; McMahon, C and Parkinson B
Author: Dowlen, Chris
Section: EXPERIENCES WITH COURSES/EDUCATION
Pages: 186-191
Abstract
In the 1980s a set of colour slides was developed to teach students the design history of the car. This
developed from a student teaching aid to being a research project, investigating design paradigms for
cars using statistical processes to analyse changes and developments. The paper includes the research
questions, methods and some results, concluding by asking how the research might be used to develop
a teaching aid for students.
Keywords: Product development, design history, research from teaching
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