CHAPTER Teaching aspiring industrial desiners to understand value(s)

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values are at the core of design's acceptability, suitability, and sustainability.

&roberto rocco, amy thomas, & María Novas-Ferradás

The process of identifying, interpreting, and implementing societal values in university education is an essential part of responsible innovation and designing for equitable, inclusive and sustainable societies. While there is now a well-defined and growing body of literature on the theory and application of designing for values (or ‘value sensitive design’), at present there are few comprehensive studies that address the pedagogical dimension of designing for values; the issues, methods and critical approaches involved in teaching design for values. Teaching Design for Values: Concepts, Tools and Practices comprises 14 chapters written by both TU Delft educators and international contributors, addressing teaching design for values in a variety of design-based disciplines. The multi-disciplinary character of this book makes it a valuable resource for teachers and students of design. Teaching Design for Values also proposes an expanded definition of ‘design’ to encompass a broad range of disciplines and processes. In doing so it explores the ways that values may be expressed and analysed in a variety of different pedagogical contexts.