Education for International Understanding and Design Literacy: Design Literacy in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative

Xiaoyu Li

doi:10.7577/formakademisk.5749

Authors

Xiaoyu Li Shandong University of Art & Design https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5426-9893

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.5749

Keywords:

international understanding, educational philosophy, artistic vision, design literacy

Abstract

In this paper the integration of international understanding into design education will be discussed. Through an exposition of UNESCO's concept of Education for international understanding. I will discuss the fundamental goal of promoting world peace and the artistic vision of “understanding”. It will discuss what positive educational explorations and practices design education can undertake to expand the humanistic connotations of international understanding, promote intercultural understanding, and peaceful and friendly development, and what basic qualities it should cultivate.

Author Biography

Xiaoyu Li, Shandong University of Art & Design

Associate Professor

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