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Eindhoven designs / volume two 77
and knowledge with other employees, which
enables expertise and community building
at the individual and departmental level.
Being professional also means well-prepared
meetings. If students have an appointment
with either fellow students or senior
employees, they have to determine in advance
what they want to get out of this meeting, in
what way they would like to make use of the
other employee’s expertise. What does this
require in terms of preparation (retrieving
information, phrasing specific questions, etc)?
In addition, when using ideas, theories, visuals
or graphics from others in their own writing,
students need to learn to use the proper way of
referencing and citation.
Finally, most students have their own
workspace in the space where their theme
is located. We expect all students to use
their workspace as an employee. We want
our learning environment to communicate
a professional working atmosphere for all
employees (including students), but also for
external people or clients who often come in.
Next to a professional attitude, the students
also have their personal attitude, which is
related to aspects such as intrinsic motivation,
passion, being critical, being in control,
responsible and working independently,
while on the other hand asking for help and
respecting the expertise of others.
Society
Although not a separate part of the overall
competence of designing, the actors in the
context of the learning activity, including
users, industry, professional field, academia
and government, play an important role in
a learning activity and set the boundaries,
although social and societal transformation
can play with these boundaries.