A Design Lens on Education

Tim Brown:

Recently I asked Sandy to share her thoughts on design thinking in education. Here's an excerpt:

What's different when you look at the world of education through the lens of design?

Most of us have deeply embedded ideas about what's "right" for education. But when you look at the world of education through the lens of design, you start to see that there isn't one right answer, there are many. And when you really examine the world of education, you realize that "the system" is actually an outcome of millions of different solutions, organizations, priorities, and experiences. As designers, our job is to understand the conditions in any given situation deeply enough to be able to find new, relevant solutions for a particular context, need, or challenge--whether it's about interactions in the classroom or the structures that drive our system.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 16, 2012 2:34 AM
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