The mission of the Research Office for Novice Design Education is to preserve, generate and disseminate knowledge of theories and practices pertaining to novice design education.  Its goal is to become a central resource for educators and scholars interested in novice design education.  

The Research Office addresses salient questions regarding how design was, is or should be taught to learners who are new to the field of study. Such questions inquire into issues such as the particular educational challenges faced by novice learners and educators and the impact of those challenges on the relationship of novice design education to the broader design disciples, the content and curricular structure of novice education, and the types of assignments and projects most suited for that content and structure. At their best, these questions, and the answers to them, implicitly or explicitly state a position on the status of knowledge, the means by which one transfers, acquires or constructs knowledge, and how one has used, uses or should use knowledge in the world.

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