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OUR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE: A FINITE SET OF DESIGN ANGLES
FOR COURSE / TRAINING / DEGREE DESIGN

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<sup>“How can I integrate a resilient approach to teaching in these times?

A surprising answer was provided by STUDIOBLENDED. Tikvah coached me in making my educational approach and impact last longer.

I realized that acquiring knowledge is a process that obeys the rules of resilience very strongly.”</sup>

Dr. Alexander Jachnow, Urban Researcher and Strategist
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam


Are you curious for more? Would you like to get in touch? Feel free to contact our lead directly for any questions or inquiries you may have. Tikvah Breimer (MSc MAEd MSc) Director tikvah@studioblended.com +31 6 42 47 29 69

Image: “Architectural Sketch by Cazú Zegers © Cazú Zegers – all rights reserved.”

There is an ever-increasing stream of publications in Education. ‘Indeed, one of the main problems in contemporary education, is that there are too many models and approaches on offer, and that so many of them come with the promise that they will be able to “fix” education once and for all’ (Biesta 2022, p.1). So many solutions. The question is whether truly something new is even presented (after Biesta 2022).

What is it that you are looking for? Allow us to introduce you to our fields of expertise: a finite set of curriculum design angles. We say finite, because to us, when used organically together, they represent the most prominent curriculum design angles you may need.

The pages point to our cutting edge advisory and training work, so that you can see where we are coming from and why.

These pages also give you the the background against which the discussions around the design angles can be understood. At STUDIOBLENDED we are always on the lookout to give you exposure to cutting-edge advise that leads to concrete outputs that stand the test of time - by design. This is why we must be ourselves deeply rooted in an understanding of the discourses and paradigms on curriculum design, so that we know which ideas are here to stay, and which will have lasting value well into the coming decade.

These are explicitly not blogposts. We prefer to not add to the stream of content creation, but instead offer you cutting edge pages, that are up to date with our ongoing research, piloting, practice and clientwork. The pages are therefore not a blog dated on a certain date, rather, we constantly update and curate them as new insights follow from our research and practice.

We don’t want to tell you what to do here or what an arrival point is. With Biesta (2022, vii) we rather hope that we may ‘slightly alter your outlook, slightly redirect your attention, and that you may see new things, or see familiar things in a new light’.

Instead of offering you here an illusion of ‘science as absolute truth’, we offer you incremental insights (after Bulterman 2024, p. 14) on each of the design angles. Also, instead of science that replaces practical knowledge, we believe that knowledge and craftmanship go hand in hand (see our manifesto).

Let us spark your curiosity. A good way to get a sense of our Studio’s expertise, philosophy and methodology is by browsing these expertise pages and following your curiosity. 

In our bespoke advice we use multiple design angles in order to respond in the best possible way to your unique needs.

The design angles focus not just on what is (re)designed but also on how it is done. Ultimately the best way to discover how is joining us in a design studio.

Let us know if you’d like to set up a call, and exchange more about any of these design angles in the light of your course, training or degree. Or why not make use of our free brainstorm session?

You can contact us directly via: Tikvah Breimer (MSc MAEd MSc) tikvah@studioblended.com +31 6 42 47 29 69

TECHNICAL RESILIENCE / FIT FOR PURPOSE FRAMEWORK

We go beyond merely constructive alignment using our fit for purpose open building framework, and 10-year horizon philosophy and methodology.

︎︎︎ Technical resilience

BIG IDEAS

Unleash the power of big ideas for your curriculum. They are how we design time robust curricula for up to a decade.

︎︎︎ Big ideas

PARADIGM SHIFTS / DECADE STRONG

Our technical approach is deeply grounded in the content of your course or degree. Read on to find out how we ensure a decade proof curriculum.

︎︎︎ Paradigm shifts

SIMPLICITY and DECLUTTERING (DE-IMPLEMENTING)

Are you curious to find out how you can de-implement elements of the curriculum, to make space for the new?

︎︎︎ Simplicity

HUMAN RESILIENCE

Discover our philosophy and methodology with regard to your own wellbeing, as course/training coordinator, and that of your teaching team.

︎︎︎ Human resilience

MODULAR

Our approach has a modular design based on a decade of experience.

︎︎︎ Modular

INNOVATIVE AND DEEP PEDAGOGY

The world is our oyster to explore.

︎︎︎ Pedagogy

ASSESMENT / EVALUATION

In its origin, assesment is evaluation. It’s essential for constructive alignment. Why is it so pivotal to identify assessment early on?

︎︎︎ Assessment

TIME DIMENSION (the SCHEDULE/STUDYLOAD)

How long should a course or degree last? Or to put it differently: what should the schedule look like? How do we know if your content fits? In other words: how to avoid overload in the curriculum, using time boundaries for you?

︎︎︎ Time dimension

EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN

A question often asked is: why do i design like this? What works? Typically this is a question coming from the field of ‘evidence-based design’ such as cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Let’s explore it more, and challenge it with a broader perspective on Education.

︎︎︎ Evidence-based

FINANCIAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE BY (RE-)DESIGN

An introduction to our robust pragmatic-idealist take on course and training design. We love finance and believe it is the foundation of design.

︎︎︎ Financial health

MULTI- INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY

Designing for multi- inter- or trans- disciplinary education.

︎︎︎ Mult- Inter- and Transdisciplinary

FLEXIBILISATION, PERSONALISATION and DIFFERENTIATION

We are strong on modular design, differentiation, and inclusivity.

︎︎︎ Flexibilisation, personalisation, differentiation

BLENDED

Good education - by design. Face to face and a/synchronous.

︎︎︎ Blended

REFERENCES

Biesta, Gert 2022. World-Centered Education; A view for the present. Routledge, New York and London.

Bulterman, Jacquelien 2024. Het lerarentekort; pleidooi voor vakmanschap. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2nd edition [Dutch].