Designing for Science Education in formal and informal settings

Course goals

• identify design principles, heuristics and approaches in existing design products;
• make well-grounded, systematic and theory-based choices while creating a new educational design for science-related goals.

Content

The course focuses on the design of instructional materials for formal and informal education within the domain of natural sciences and mathematics. Design theories, principles, and heuristics are applied to concrete design processes and products. As such, the course integrates a theoretical and a practical stance.