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Teaching Graphic Design: Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs

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I've read through this book a number of times and picked up some interesting ideas for the classroom, but nothing that blows me away. Many of the exercises are rehashes of ones I read earlier in the book and that was a bit disappointing. I plan on reading through a number of these lesson plans again, but trust me its not very exciting.

Although many lessons are given, not many examples are shown. It assumes that one knows a lot about teaching the subject and has had similar lessons in the past. Good for experienced teachers, not so good for those new to the subject. I would recommend Resnick's "Design for Communication" instead.

Am I glad there is a book like this out here in the graphic design world. I'm teaching advanced Graphic Design for the first time and to be honest, I only had a slight idea on how to get started. The sample syllabus at first seems a little thin, but then you realize that its sole purpose was to present how other teachers approach courses in a linear, step-by-step manner. They not only serve as guidelines around how you can build your sessions during the semester but also inspire and clarify what you have in your own mind for the class. This book is tremendously helpful to me and now I'm going into this course with confidence, and know that I'm approaching my first teaching job the RIGHT way.

Teaching Graphic Design offers a comprehensive array of topics and teaching tips for all levels. It includes an overview, course requirements, suggestion for projects and selected readings, enabling teachers to choose inspiring topics and materials to structure your class intelligently.

The book goes exactly to the nitty gritty of the subject. It draws out a map of the entire Graphic Design class/course. Day by day, class by class, and year by year. The entire course. But, unfortunately, it is also a little out dated without one online link. It is very out dated.

I teach 100 & 200 level college classes, so not all of these projects are applicable. The book is just okay, but I think that depends on the level of your students and what sort of projects you are looking for. If I were to only buy one book for helpful suggestions and assignments, this ISN'T the one. I strongly recommend "Graphic Design School" by David Dabner or "The News Graphic Design School" by Alan Swann. At least those have better color pictures, afterall this is a very visual topic by nature!

Even on my poor english this book is very helpfull and the author is one of the best designers i ever heard about.