Design Thinking Flashcards

1
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why can design thinking bridge the gap between theory and practice

A

students are being sent into he world ill equipped and lacking adequate skills

design thinking gives students the necessary experience they will face in their careers

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2
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what are the analytical components of the curriculu,

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forecasting
planning
rational decision making
rational problem solving ability

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3
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when were analytical components most important

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post ww2

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4
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what is analytical overreliance

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when students familiarise themselves with problems they’ve seen and studied before and have problems addressing ‘messy’ problems

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5
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what is teaching by purely lectures called

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didactic teaching

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6
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according to Glen at al where does design thinking originate ie what careers

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engineers, architecture

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7
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what is the main idea of design thinking

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that tests and experiments are needed to solve problems and that solutions are constantly being revised based of these experiements

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why does design thinking work when working with clients

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often, clients dont know what they wat until they can see what they get and design thinking allows visualisation of solution

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9
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are solutions in design thinking right and wrong

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no only better and worse

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10
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examples of visualisation design thinkers may use

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graphs, blueprints, flowcharts, sketches, 3d models

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why do ideas need to be malleable

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world is constantly changing, must be shaped by feedback

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12
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is analytical thinking malleable

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no, it assumes the world will always be the same

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13
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why is iteration a big part of design thinking

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design thinkers may even loop back to earlier solutions to problems

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14
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what are the main components of design thinking

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exploration
iteration
attention to user need
observation
visualising and prototyping
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15
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why are business schools so successful despite their students entering industries underprepared

A

they make money

they are a business themselves!

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16
Q

where do business majors rank when it comes to critical thinking

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near bottom

17
Q

what sort of additional emotional skills are needed along with academic skills and work experience

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empathy
ability to read social ques
social skills

18
Q

levels of blooms taxomy

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  1. knowledge/remembering
  2. understanding/comprehension
  3. application
  4. analysing
  5. synthesis
19
Q

students in arts, social sciences and maths show higher skills in …

A

critical thinking, reasoning and writing skills

20
Q

what does knowledge mean in Bloom’s Taxomy

A

recall of specific information and general inforation

21
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what does understanding mean in Blooms Taxomy

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can make use of the material , knows the idea being communicated

22
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what does appliaction mean in Bloom’s Taxomy

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use of the material in corresponding situations

23
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what does synthesis mean in Bloom’s Taxomy

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can relate ideas to each other to form a whole

24
Q

is synthesis seen as an art or a science

A

ART

25
Q

Why has the analytical methods of business been so far more popular than the design thinking methods

A

analytics is teachable where as art is hard to teach

26
Q

what type of problems better suit analytical thinking

A

well defined

27
Q

authors of Ford Foundation critique didactic teaching by saying

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“The passive absorption of knowledge by the student can hardly be called education”