Journal Article

Scaffolded, simulated work-integrated learning in design education : Beyond the live project

Natarsha Tezcan, Iva Durakovic, Sing D'arcy, Cathy Smith, Eva Lloyd

2020

Overview

COVID-19 calls for new approaches and frameworks for the delivery of work-integrated learning (WIL). Standalone WIL opportunities are also increasingly difficult to realize, with the current economic climate limiting industry resources available for placements and WIL partnerships. The hybridized WIL model presented in this paper thus proposes the scaffolding of simulated WIL experiences into core undergraduate design curriculum to promote deep, authentic, transformational learning, fostering broader student employability. Noting a gap in design educational research relating to embedded scaffolded WIL, the paper refers to examples of scaffolded WIL experiences across core design studio subjects of a four-year embedded honors interior architecture program. Conceived as a way to prepare students for more significant standalone, cross-disciplinary and cross-national WIL, the authors argue that this model develops the professional skills required by industry and better prepares students to navigate the dynamic real-world problems that societies face, particularly during the pandemic. [Author abstract]

• Publisher: International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning,New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education
• Subject: Architecture / Authentic Learning / Core Curriculum / Coronavirus (COVID-19) / COVID-19 / Curricula / Curriculum Design / Deep learning / Design education / Distance learning / Educational Change / Educational Experience / Educational Opportunities / Educational Research / Educational Strategies / Employment / Employment Potential / Experiential learning / Foreign Countries / Higher Education / Holistic Approach / Honors Curriculum / Integrated Activities / Integrated Curriculum / Interior Design / Job Skills / Learner Engagement / Learning Activities / Learning Experience / Learning in an emergency / Online instruction / Pandemic pedagogy / Pandemics / Professional Education / Professional personnel / Scaffolding (Teaching technique) / Simulation / Skill Development / Social Problems / Student Development / Student Experience / Surveys / Transformative Learning / Undergraduate Students / University business relationship / Work based learning / Work Experience Programs / Work placement