Hi Ambrose, while I think that the mentor model is necessary, it is not all that is needed here. Interaction design is NOT just craft. There is real research & thought leadership going on in this area. IxD is as much an intellectual endeavor as it is one of craft and it is the marrying of the two that is necessary.
Also, "university" is only one model of institutional education. Design Schools are a different matter. I've noticed there are some differences culturally in their processes and methods. In the end, I don't see it scaling. My estimation is that we need to increase our size in the next 5-10 years by an order of magnitude 10x's greater than our current numbers. I don't see how the "journy-person" approach can do that. To me this approach would fall under "organic" that I don't see working for us on Sooooo many levels. -- dave On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:10 PM, J. Ambrose Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Christine Boese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I like that, the journey-person model. My dad became an electrician 40+ >> years ago, first as IBEW apprentice, then journeyman, then foreman. So long >> as we get the benefits that come with it (the union or guild, for instance). > > [snip] > Hmm.. what with this and that anti-Bush political rant, all I can say is > "truly, you have a dizzying intellect." > > I'm not at all suggesting the return of the medieval guild but rather a more > practicable and honest approach to the problem of creating more, > high-quality professionals in this and other emerging discliplines (and > letting universities excel at what they do best). There's nothing > inherently medieval about the journeyman model, which is really my > point--humans have been doing that for, well, for as long as we've had > professions. > --Ambrose -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
