Taking Design Thinking to School: How the Technology of Design Can Transform Teachers, Learners, and Classrooms

Goldman, Shelley (Editor)/ Kabayadondo, Zaza (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1138100994 / ISBN 13: 9781138100992

Published by Routledge, 2016

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237 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Taking Design Thinking to School: How the Technology of Design Can Transform Teachers, Learners, and Classrooms
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138100994
• ISBN 13: 9781138100992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms

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Synopsis

Design thinking is a method of problem-solving that relies on a complex set of skills, processes and mindsets that help people generate novel solutions to problems. Taking Design Thinking to School: How the Technology of Design Can Transform Teachers, Learners, and Classrooms uses an action-oriented approach to reframing K-12 teaching and learning, examining interventions that open up dialogue about when and where learning, growth, and empowerment can be triggered. While design thinking projects make engineering, design, and technology fluency more tangible and personal for a broad range of young learners, their embrace of ambiguity and failure as growth opportunities often clash with institutional values and structures. Through a series of in-depth case studies that honor and explore such tensions, the authors demonstrate that design thinking provides students with the agency and compassion that is necessary for doing creative and collaborative work, both in and out of the classroom. A vital resource for education researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, Taking Design Thinking to School brings together some of the most innovative work in design pedagogy.

About the Author

Shelley Goldman is Professor of Education, Learning Sciences, and Technology Design at Stanford University.

Zaza Kabayadondo is Co-director of the Design Thinking Initiative at Smith College, a pilot program to reimagine liberal arts education.