REFLECTING ON THE EMPLOYABILITY ADEQUACY OF COMPETENCIES TAUGHT IN DESIGN HIGH EDUCATION SYSTEM
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year: 2018
Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author: Almendra, Rita Assoreira; Falcão, Gonçalo André
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN EDUCATION
Page(s): 2381-2390
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0107
Abstract
This paper exposes a clear reflection about design competencies, addressing the ones academia finds necessary to be acquired by design students and the ones the market requires from designers. Besides the identification of those competencies an analysis is done considering the similarities and the differences between these two ""worlds."" Finally, the paper proposes a set of recommendations on how to work into education a set of competencies that better match the needs both students/designers and the markets.
Keywords: design education, design competences, design knowledge, employability competences, knowledge sharing