Revisiting Design Thinking: A review of Definitions and Implications

Autor: Tunga, Yeliz, YILDIRIM, Soner
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Volume: 1, Issue: 1 92-102
Ege Eğitim Teknolojileri Dergisi
ISSN: 2667-4270
Popis: Design thinking is a rising term in educationalliterature and role of design thinking in classrooms is one of current researchsubjects in these days. Design thinking a general approach that utilize thedesigner’s methods and sensibility to overcome problems in efficient andeffective way in terms of technological and commercial aspects. In educationalcontext, it is seen as a learning approach that mainly focuses on developingcreative confidence of students. Before the emergence of design thinking, in educationalliterature design as a keyword has been one of the most used term ineducational researches, as well. Design based learning, learning by design,reflective design based learning, learning technology by design are severalexamples. Therefore, it is necessary to recognize that whether design thinkingis entirely new phenomena for educators or it is just the replication ofprevious design related learning approaches. In this paper, definition andcurrent position of design thinking in the literature and relationship betweendesign thinking and previous design related learning approaches hasdiscussed. It is obtained that designthinking is sparkling phenomena yet it doesn’t completely new approach foreducators and it has several similarities in both practice and theoreticalperspective with earlier design-related educational studies.
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