Post on 13-Aug-2015
Pearl Academy / What’s Next
20th Dec 2014
Future of Design Education
- Darius Sollohub
Director, New Jersey School of Architecture
New Jersey Institute of Technology USA
sollohub@njit.edu
millennial
generation
design
education
and the
Darius Sollohub AIA
Director, New Jersey School of Architecture
New Jersey Institute of Technology USA
sollohub@njit.edu
observations
demographics
enrollment
opportunities | challenges
millennial born: 1982-2005
generation X born: 1961-1981
boomer born: 1944-1960
silent generation born: 1923-1943
GI generation born: 1901-1922
lost generation born: 1883-1900
missionary born: 1860-1882
(Strauss & Howe 2007)
observations
observations
(Howe & Strauss 2007)
born and raised digital
unprecedented upbringing
unprecedented scrutiny
observations
(Brad Trent; Barron's)
observations
(Pew Research: Millennials 2010)
They are history’s first “always connected” generation. Steeped in digital technology and social media, they treat their multi-tasking hand-held gadgets almost like a body part – for better and worse.
observations
(Architect: Jan 2013)
How will the Millennials respond to the opportunities and the challenges that they are inheriting – both in the profession and the world at large? How will they influence the practice of architecture? And perhaps most important, without drastic changes to pedagogy, licensure and firm management, is the profession prepared to capitalize on what comes next?
observations
(Strauss & Howe 1998)
Dating back to their first births in the early 1980’s, you could see this millennial generation coming. Everywhere they’ve been, from bulging nurseries to the new “Baby on Board” minivans, from day-care to kindergarten to high school, they have changed the face of youth – and transformed every institution they’ve touched.
observations
(Twenge 2014)
"Generation Me" are tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also disengaged, narcissistic, distrustful, and anxious.
collaborative, practical, results-oriented
experiential learners
digital natives and gamers
natural multitaskers
impatient, flexibility/convenience focused
seek balanced lives
observations
(Sollohub & Sweeney 2012)
demographics
(Pew Research 2010)
demographics
80 million (+ -)
(equal to boomers)
>50% have or will attend college
(Pew Research 2010)
demographics
priorities
52% being a good parent
15% high paying career
1% being famous
(Pew Research 2014)
demographics
68% favor same sex marriage
(compare to 43% over 50)
93% OK with interracial dating
(compare to 60% of boomers at
same age)
(Pew Research 2014)
demographics
31% liberal
(compare to 21% boomers)
26% conservative
(compare to 41% boomers)
50% vote independent
(Pew Research 2014)
demographics
19% trust others
(compare to 40% boomers)
32% environmentalists
(compare to 42% generation X
& boomers)
enrollment
enrollment
(ACSA Atlas 2012)
enrollment
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce 2012)
enrollment
13.9% B.Arch unemployment
7.7% M.Arch unemployment
(twice that of engineering or
business degrees)
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce 2012)
enrollment
recorded music sales declined
$14.6 b. to $6.3 b. 2000 - 2010
newspaper revenues
50% decline 2000 - 2016
(projected)
(The Wall Street Journal 2011)
opportunities | challenges
collaborative, practical, results-oriented
experiential learners
digital natives and gamers
natural multitaskers
impatient, flexibility convenience focused
seek balanced lives
opportunities | challenges
(Sollohub & Sweeney 2012)
(Sollohub & Sweeney 2012)
opportunities | challenges
behaviors supporting design pedagogy
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
behaviors supporting design pedagogy
collaborative, practical, results-oriented
experiential learners
(Stanford University Institute of Design 2012)
behaviors supporting design pedagogy
(Stanford University Institute of Design 2012)
behaviors supporting design pedagogy
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
digital natives
natural multitaskers
gamers
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
digital natives
revit
revit
revit
pandora
youtube
media player
natural multitaskers
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
gamers
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
multimedia
collaborative
spatial
iterative
feedback loop
emotional stimuli
gamers
(Prensky 2004)
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
(Architect’s Newspaper Feb 15, 2012)
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
(Mallgrave 2009)
(Evan Troxel Sep 13, 2011; Jot Pro; Autodesk Sketchbook Pro; Apple iPad)
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
(Evan Troxel Sep 13, 2011; Jot Pro; Autodesk Sketchbook Pro; Apple iPad)
behaviors or design pedagogy
challenging
supporting
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
impatience
flexibility/convenience
balanced lives
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
impatience
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
flexibility/convenience
open-ended time commitments
maximum flexibility
hate lectures (especially big ones)
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
flexibility/convenience
homework lecture lecture adaptive learning
online courses adaptive learning
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
flexibility/convenience
(Virginia Tech Math Emporium)
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
balanced lives
When a harried office manager recently
announced to his team that an evening of
overtime was going to be required in order to
finish an important project, he expected to hear a
general round of grumbling. But he was shocked
when a new member of the team, a 22-year-old
recent college graduate, told him he couldn’t stay
because he had concert tickets that evening.
(Sujansky 2009)
behaviors challenging design pedagogy
balanced lives
millennial born: 1982-2005
generation X born: 1961-1981
boomer born: 1944-1960
silent generation born: 1923-1943
GI generation born: 1901-1922
lost generation born: 1883-1900
missionaries born: 1860-1882
(Strauss & Howe 1992)
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