Everyone can be a designer. Design Thinking is a mindset. Thinking like a designer can transform the way you approach the world when imagining and creating new solutions for the future. There is a need to be
Ewan McIntosh from NoTosh describes Design Thinking as:
It’s Human-Centered.
Design Thinking begins by understanding the needs and motivations of people
It’s Optimistic. Design Thinking is the fundamental belief that we all can create change—no matter how big a problem, how little time or how small a budget
It’s Collaborative. Design Thinking requires conversation, critique and all-out teamwork.
It’s Experimental. Design Thinking creates a real space to try something new. It gives you permission to fail and to learn from your mistakes, because you come up with new ideas, get feedback on them, then iterate .
- aware of the world around
- believe that you play a role in shaping that world, and
- take action toward a more desirable future.
Ewan McIntosh from NoTosh describes Design Thinking as:
It’s Human-Centered.
Design Thinking begins by understanding the needs and motivations of people
It’s Optimistic. Design Thinking is the fundamental belief that we all can create change—no matter how big a problem, how little time or how small a budget
It’s Collaborative. Design Thinking requires conversation, critique and all-out teamwork.
It’s Experimental. Design Thinking creates a real space to try something new. It gives you permission to fail and to learn from your mistakes, because you come up with new ideas, get feedback on them, then iterate .
Design Thinking is a process that really allows people to get under the skin of the problem…instead of starting with brainstorming, it relies on students’ ability to be intuitive, to interpret what they observe and develop empathy, before developing ideas that meet the needs they observe.It is
· finding things that they didn’t realise they wanted to know about
· helps cover curriculum from student led focus
· helps students enthusiastic, ownership over a concept – not just what but how they learn
· half time spent finding out what they want to learn
· links to solving real world challenges
· always a connection to here and now and nearly always a connection to tomorrow
· finding things that they didn’t realise they wanted to know about
· helps cover curriculum from student led focus
· helps students enthusiastic, ownership over a concept – not just what but how they learn
· half time spent finding out what they want to learn
· links to solving real world challenges
· always a connection to here and now and nearly always a connection to tomorrow
Design thinking involves four Stages :
· Immersion: observation and empathy
· Synthesis: bringing ideas together
· Ideation: coming up with fresh ideas to solve them
· Prototyping: giving it a shot and seeing what you can do
With a new Australian curriculum there is opportunity to think differently. The Melbourne Declaration emphasises the importance to Australian schooling promote equity and excellence in education- a high quality of education that is accessible for all students. The second goal is to create students who are confident, creative, successful, active and informed individuals.
· Immersion: observation and empathy
· Synthesis: bringing ideas together
· Ideation: coming up with fresh ideas to solve them
· Prototyping: giving it a shot and seeing what you can do
With a new Australian curriculum there is opportunity to think differently. The Melbourne Declaration emphasises the importance to Australian schooling promote equity and excellence in education- a high quality of education that is accessible for all students. The second goal is to create students who are confident, creative, successful, active and informed individuals.
In the Australian Curriculum general capabilities play a key role in realising these goals. General capabilities encompass a set of knowledge, skills and dispositions that will assist students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. With our new curriculum the General Capabilities are the enablers to 21st century learning. These capabilities can be enabled through a Design Thinking Process.
To continue to teach, challenge and transform in the 21st century, we need to tap into the creativity of our students and our teachers, we need to prepare for a future of rapid change – and get on board. For that to happen,
"We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided for us, and toward the idea that an education is something that we create for ourselves."
--Stephen Downes
To continue to teach, challenge and transform in the 21st century, we need to tap into the creativity of our students and our teachers, we need to prepare for a future of rapid change – and get on board. For that to happen,
"We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided for us, and toward the idea that an education is something that we create for ourselves."
--Stephen Downes