Title :
Enhancing the college students’ creativity in industrial design
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Guangxi Univ. of Technol., Liuzhou, China
Abstract :
Most instructors in industrial design have been trained as designer, not have been trained to teach highly creative students. This paper firstly examines the western and eastern perspectives of creativity and successful creative individuals, and then reveals specific creative characteristics of the students. In the end, the methods of enhancing the creativity are discussed.
Keywords :
design; engineering education; industrial engineering; teacher training; college students creativity; industrial design; instructors; Art; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Industrial training; Machinery production industries; Manufacturing industries; Process design; Psychology; Creative Characteristics; Creativity; Industrial Design; Learning Environment;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Industrial Design and Conceptual Design, 2008. CAID/CD 2008. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kunming
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3290-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3291-2
DOI :
10.1109/CAIDCD.2008.4730728