Instead of drilling boring lectures into the heads of the students, Edwina Riddell has found a creative and effective solution to deliveing the information. She assigned a particular design era to a group of 2 - 3 students, and thus transferred the engagement of the topic to the students.
I find this to be a a brilliant idea! The students get Public Speaking experience, they perform their own research, and in the end student presentations are usually listened to more attentively, than teachers, due to a feeling of solidarity.
Each student group presented on the chosen design era during the class (one group per week). Afterwards, Edwina filled in any of her extra knowledge and provided comments.
For our presentation, Gina and I selected Contemporary Design, an exciting and relevant period of design, which is still affecting our choices today.
Click the image below to view the PDF of our presentation:
Semester 1: Intro to Studio Practice, taught by Edwina Riddell
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