Design thinking: Everywhere and Nowhere, Reflections on The Big Re-think
Great article with some good insight about innovation and arguments on Design Thinking
Every Child Should Know About Design
Bill Moggridge’s brief thoughts on K-12 design education
Reading into Creativity Education
Tino Chow is working on design education, too. We agree; creativity is a mindset.
Design Thinking Made Visible Project
Nice body of research about design thinking taken from observations in education.
Carmen and I got together last week to lay out our first draft curriculum time line. After taking a few weeks off to finish our other projects, we jumped back in with a huge splash. Everything in our brains for the past four months came flying out and on to paper. Below is our very high level plan for 10 weeks of classes.
Goal: To teach kids about design by encouraging them to think of themselves as inventive creators who can alter the world around them by examining it and coming up with creative solutions.
Before coming to class: Have the students fill out a survey about their interests and experience.
Week 1: What is design?
Week 2: Ideas
Week 3: People & Environment
Week 4: Design in the real world (Field trip!)
Week 5: Mobile
Week 6: Services
Week 7: Solving Big Problems
Week 8: Project & 10 Min Speaker
Week 9: Project & 10 Min Speaker
Week 10: Reflection
More to come…
Tags: classroom, discussion, field trip, planning, Teaching
We’re working on developing an after-school program to teach kids about design! As part of our research, we’re asking our fellow designers to talk about their first exposure to design as a discipline. Tell us your story!
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