Design Thinking

Item

Title

Design Thinking

Abstract/Description

Design thinking is a process, a set of skills and mind-sets that help people solve problems through novel solutions. It is a constellation of tools and methods that can be put to work in many situations. Products of design thinking can include new things, new structures, new ideas, and new ways to communicate and work. It is about learning to be conceptual, and acting practically, in changing some piece of the world for the better.

There are many versions of design thinking, but most involve a user-centered, empathy-driven approach aimed at creating solutions through gaining insight into people’s needs. It also involves creating conceptual (and sometimes working) prototypes that are improved through feedback and testing with end users.

Author/creator

Goldman, Shelley

Date

2017

In publication

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Out-of-School Learning

Editor

Peppler, Kylie

Pages

210-212

Publisher

SAGE Publications, Inc.

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Synthesis/Overview

Open access/full-text available

en No

Peer reviewed

en No

DOI

10.4135/9781483385198

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Knowledge)

Citation

Goldman, S. (2017). Design Thinking. In K. Peppler (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Out-of-School Learning (Vol. 1–2, pp. 210–212). SAGE Publications, Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483385198

Cited in

Design Thinking and the Learning Sciences: Theoretical, Practical, and Empirical Perspectives

Number of volumes

2

Place

Thousand Oaks,

Item sets

OB Citations - Design Thinking and the Learning Sciences

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