Employing Pedagogy in the Experience Economy to Extend Product Lifetimes

Rebecca Steiner

doi:10.54337/plate2025-10448

Authors

Rebecca Steiner Nottingham Trent University; Birmingham City University, United Kingdom https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-5899

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10448

Keywords:

Co-creation, Empowerment, Transformational Knowledge, Embodied learning, Environmental Responsibility

Author Biography

Rebecca Steiner, Nottingham Trent University; Birmingham City University, United Kingdom

Rebecca Steiner is a fine jeweller and a lecturer in Jewellery and Related Products. Her research interests include crafts education, professional development for practitioners and the wider benefits of crafts practice in relation to personal autonomy, agency and wellbeing. She is currently completing a funded PhD at Nottingham Trent University.

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