How do Novice Learners of Human-Centered Design (HCD) Perceive the Meaning of 'Human-Centered' at the Beginning of their Learning Journey?

Abstract

In this study, we conducted a survey among novices to investigate whether the Japanese translation of Human-Centered Design (HCD) is misunderstood as anthropocentrism. No evidence was found that HCD evokes the concept of anthropocentrism, and it was found that there are not many categories that appear both before and after learning. As an approach to HCD learning, we focus on teaching phrases that do not appear before and after learning, and we consider that using the phrase User-Centered Design (UCD) leads to efficient HCD learning.