Abstract
Dyslexia, prevalent among students in art and design in higher education in the UK, is considered a learning disorder. As such, its treatment in educational environments is commonly reduced to mitigating the student’s difficulties derived from dyslexia rather than leveraging the strengths of dyslexic students in key skills for product design. In this paper, informed by the findings published in the literature and initial interviews with two dyslexic students of Product Design from the University of Brighton, a prototype of a 12-week Product Design module is presented, where a diversified array of learning activities and assessments is included to power the strengths of dyslexic students.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | DS 137: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2025) |
| Editors | Erik Bohemia, Lyndon Buck, Hilary Grierson |
| Publisher | The Design Society |
| Pages | 67 - 72 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | DS 137 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781912254224 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781912254224 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Sept 2025 |
| Event | International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Fostering Human-Centred Products and Service Design - University of Malta, Malta, Malta Duration: 10 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025 Conference number: 27 https://epde.info/2025/ |
Publication series
| Name | E&PDE |
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| Publisher | The Design Society |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 3005-4753 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education |
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| Abbreviated title | E&PDE 2025 |
| Country/Territory | Malta |
| City | Malta |
| Period | 10/09/25 → 12/09/25 |
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Keywords
- Dyslexia
- Assessment
- Product Design