Academic Journal

Interior Design Education within a Human Ecological Framework

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Interior Design Education within a Human Ecological Framework
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Kaup, Migette L., Anderson, Barbara G., Honey, Peggy
المصدر: Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences. 2007 99(2):45-49.
الاتاحة: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. 400 North Columbus Street Suite 202, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 800-424-8080; Tel: 703-706-4600; Fax: 703-706-4663; e-mail: bookstore@aafcs.org; Web site: http://www.aafcs.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 5
تاريخ النشر: 2007
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Descriptors: Ecology, Quality of Life, Interior Design, Educational Trends, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Family Environment
تدمد: 1082-1651
مستخلص: An education based in human ecology can greatly benefit interior designers as they work to understand and improve the human condition. Design programs housed in colleges focusing on human ecology can improve the interior design profession by taking advantage of their home base and emphasizing the human ecological framework in the design curricula. Accredited interior design programs with a human ecological focus offer great potential to positively affect the sustainability of life on earth and to improve the quality of life. Considering recent trends to realign programs within colleges of human sciences with other academic units, it is important to articulate and convey the unique educational missions served by interior design programs in human ecology. Many of the pressing social and environmental problems that have an impact on the world and its people can best be addressed by the scholars and professionals whose approach to problem solving has been shaped by a foundation with a human ecological context. These professionals have " ... a way of thinking about the world, and a context in which people define their questions and ways to answer those questions ... " (University of Oxford, n.d.) that is aimed at "find[ing] new and better ways of arranging lives, businesses and societies, ways that reduce poverty and inequality, reduce the amount of resources people use, restore the environment and improve quality of life for all now and for generations to come." (Contains 1 figure.)
Abstractor: ERIC
Number of References: 20
Entry Date: 2007
URL الوصول: https://www.aafcs.org/resources/jfcs.html
رقم الانضمام: EJ762662
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC