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Elizabeth Boling – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2014
In 1987 the National Park Service and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy launched the Alcatraz Cellhouse Tour as part of the interpretive program educating visitors about the island and its history. Using an existing format made possible several years previously by Sony Walkman™ technology, the designers framed this individual, and innovative,…
Descriptors: Parks, Correctional Institutions, Tourism, Teaching Methods
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Spier, Joshua – Youth Studies Australia, 2013
A park design "walkshop" was facilitated by a lecturer as part of an undergraduate unit in youth participation at an Australian tertiary college. Inspired by the work of landscape architect Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009), the "scored" walkshop simulated a consultation walk designed to engage students in the hypothetical…
Descriptors: Parks, Foreign Countries, Creativity, Design
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Vande Zande, Robin – Art Education, 2007
Human beings are influenced by design every day through continuous contact with functional form in and through visual culture. They encounter a continuous current of such new styles as clothing fashions, architecture, furniture and advertisements. The American pursuit of happiness has become related to an increasing flow of products and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Design, Teaching Methods, Art Activities