This study shows that a short, 3-day intervention can make a positive impact on young female youths’ perceptions of STEM, pro-social attitudes, creative confidence, and career pathways. It does this by creating a “hook” or stimulating interest among youths to have a more favorable opinion about working in STEM.
In her doctoral paper Loraine Rossi de Campos explores the use of Design Thinking in a school district for a 4-5 grade school.
In an ever changing society of the 21st century, there is a demand to equip students with meta competences going beyond cognitive knowledge.
Design Thinking is a powerful approach to problem solving and supports schools in moving toward a more hands-and minds-on, challenge-based curriculum. We want kids to be engaged right? You won't believe how well Design Thinking engages kids.
Design Thinking in daily life is about creating creative and collaborative workflows engineered to tackle big projects and prototyping to discover new solutions.
If we want our students to think critically, consider the needs of others and then develop solutions to solve real problems, design thinking project ideas offer a useful framework to make that happen. Are you looking to give it a try this year?
This video showcases three projects during this year’s Design Thinking Club. Each group of students used the design thinking method to help improve a school experience or help a teacher in need.
David Lee walks us through three Design Thinking projects. It's a great example of how the process works and the type of results that it produced.