Essentials Magazine Essentials Summer 2019 | Page 36

Learning Environments as Studios for Integrated Design Education I n 1966, I took a walk on a sunny beach in Mexico with 12 children. I saw these young scavengers save shells in their t-shirts and throw others away and realized they were making critical aesthetic judgments. They loved beauty! I was looking for a dissertation topic and these 12 shell collectors inspired me. Here is how. BY ANNE TAYLOR, PH.D.