When we think about Design Thinking, we think about the ability to Ideate, Define, Prototype, Define, Empathize and Test. As defined by Tim Brown, president and CEO of IDEO, "Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer's toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology..."
When Design Thinking is implemented with both teachers and students, is it necessary and essential to have a Growth Mindset? Can Design Thinking be implemented if you have a Fixed Mindset? When you tackle issues or solve problems do you think of it as "failure is an opportunity to grow" or do you think that "failure is the limit of my abilities? Can you have both a Fixed and Growth Mindset? Which one do you possess?
I love the idea of a failure being an opportunity to grow! If we can teach that to students, they might revise their thinking about their learning!
ReplyDelete@slukenbill, I wish when I was in school that my teachers had this "mindset"
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