Design Thinking in Product Design Pedagogy: Cross-Disciplinary and Participatory Workshops

A dissertation research dataset examines two distinct Design Thinking workshop models for product concept design. The study explores student engagement through a cross-disciplinary on-campus workshop and a participatory workshop conducted in Southwest China. The data was authored by Weishu Yang and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare pedagogical outcomes based on the two distinct workshop models (cross-disciplinary vs. participatory) described in the research.
• Analyze domain-knowledge-oriented co-design activities in collaboration, a theoretical aspect mentioned in the description.
• Study broadly inclusive design intentions in product form design, as highlighted in the research contributions.
• Investigate culturally sensitive practices in culturally oriented product design, a key focus of the participatory workshop.

Strengths

• Research is grounded in a specific pedagogical dichotomy (cross-disciplinary vs. participatory workshops).
• Study contributes to three defined theoretical aspects of Design Thinking in product concept design.
• Data provenance is clearly documented with author and academic supervisors listed.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset's primary content appears to be a dissertation text, which may limit structured quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Weishu Yang Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely contains qualitative and/or quantitative research data collected from design workshops.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 23:24:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Includes a participatory workshop carried out in Southwest China.