중등교육과정에서 에코디자인(Eco-Design) 교육의 필요성 및 개선방안연구

Abstract

Humanity’s ceaseless consumption has brought an inevitable consequence that is the destruction of the environment. Fortunately, companies, consumers and designers who recognize today’s environmental problems are concerned and gradually changing the way they work. Eco-Design is becoming the most important concept in the area of design and should be attained by alternative environmental philosophies which should be systematically taught to students of design. However, through analysis of current business middle school design courses, I have found that Eco-design isn’t being sufficiently taught in today’s curriculum. Environmental education is taught primarily through indirect environmental observation, and not enough through a specific environmental course of study. Therefore, we need a systematic range of courses with a focus on Eco-design in order to improve the problems in environmental education. The most important thing to consider is the role of the instructor, so we need to ensure that the teachers are also taught the significance of Eco-design and environmental education. National support for Eco-design needs to link with both the school and local family and community involvement for education of Eco-design. The focus of this paper is the way in which Eco-design can be efficiently planned, applied and assessed.