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Q1: “Teachers are the ultimate design thinkers. Every day teachers enter classrooms to embark on the human-centered act of guiding our youngest citizens along their pathways to success.”

How does the process of design thinking stretch you as an educator?

Q2: “Design thinking entails creating learning environments that foster students’ ability to design solutions to today’s pressing problems.”

How does the process of design thinking stretch your learners?

Q3: “While work toward the designed solutions unfolds, the learning outcomes become more than the sum of their parts.”

What are some powerful outcomes of design thinking that might get your colleagues excited and eager to join you in this approach to teaching and learning?

Q4: “Design thinking is often cited as human-centered design but it’s really a method of applying knowledge to practice. Isn’t this also the definition of teaching?”

Who are educators doing design thinking inspired work and who are some educators that you’d like to join YOU in this journey? 

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Designed to Learn Study Guide
Chapter 1. Finding Purpose in Learning
Chapter 2. Teacher and Student Roles in the Design Thinking Classroom
Chapter 3. How Not to Recreate the Wheel: Same Objectives, Different Pathways
Chapter 4. Understand and Empathize: Stepping Back Before Stepping In
Chapter 5. Identify and Research: Symptom or Root Cause?
Chapter 6. Communicate to Ideate: Pulling Together to Design Innovative Solutions
Chapter 7. Prototype and Test: The Messy Path Forward
Chapter 8. Iterate and Reflect: Reinforcing the Power of Formative Feedback
Chapter 9. Applying Knowledge to Practice: Isn't That the Point?