From Education to Learning

Abstract

In Japan, design education is focused on product design. In short, the goal is given and how we solve the problem is taught. It is tactics. But today the environments and situations change drastically. Changes yesterday were smooth, so we could predict the future. But today changes are sharp, so we cannot predict the future. Yesterday, our world was closed with boundary so we could easily identify parameters and could apply mathematical approaches. But today, our world is open world without boundary, and it is expanding rapidly. Further, materials are getting softer and softer, so direct interaction becomes critical. Therefore, we need to develop processes to cope with these changes. Therefore, planning and process development become increasingly important. To describe it another way, strategy and decision making become critical. We need to find our goal by trial and error. To achieve this, we need to develop creativity capabilities, and there is no other way but self-learning.