Design Thinking Flashcards
why can design thinking bridge the gap between theory and practice
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
what are the analytical components of the curriculu,
forecasting
planning
rational decision making
rational problem solving ability
when were analytical components most important
post ww2
what is analytical overreliance
when students familiarise themselves with problems they’ve seen and studied before and have problems addressing ‘messy’ problems
what is teaching by purely lectures called
didactic teaching
according to Glen at al where does design thinking originate ie what careers
engineers, architecture
what is the main idea of design thinking
that tests and experiments are needed to solve problems and that solutions are constantly being revised based of these experiements
why does design thinking work when working with clients
often, clients dont know what they wat until they can see what they get and design thinking allows visualisation of solution
are solutions in design thinking right and wrong
no only better and worse
examples of visualisation design thinkers may use
graphs, blueprints, flowcharts, sketches, 3d models
why do ideas need to be malleable
world is constantly changing, must be shaped by feedback
is analytical thinking malleable
no, it assumes the world will always be the same
why is iteration a big part of design thinking
design thinkers may even loop back to earlier solutions to problems
what are the main components of design thinking
exploration iteration attention to user need observation visualising and prototyping
why are business schools so successful despite their students entering industries underprepared
they make money
they are a business themselves!
where do business majors rank when it comes to critical thinking
near bottom
what sort of additional emotional skills are needed along with academic skills and work experience
empathy
ability to read social ques
social skills
levels of blooms taxomy
- knowledge/remembering
- understanding/comprehension
- application
- analysing
- synthesis
students in arts, social sciences and maths show higher skills in …
critical thinking, reasoning and writing skills
what does knowledge mean in Bloom’s Taxomy
recall of specific information and general inforation
what does understanding mean in Blooms Taxomy
can make use of the material , knows the idea being communicated
what does appliaction mean in Bloom’s Taxomy
use of the material in corresponding situations
what does synthesis mean in Bloom’s Taxomy
can relate ideas to each other to form a whole
is synthesis seen as an art or a science
ART
Why has the analytical methods of business been so far more popular than the design thinking methods
analytics is teachable where as art is hard to teach
what type of problems better suit analytical thinking
well defined
authors of Ford Foundation critique didactic teaching by saying
“The passive absorption of knowledge by the student can hardly be called education”
