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Teaching and Learning Design Thinking (DT): How Do Educators See DT Fitting into the Classroom?
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Hennessey, Eden; Mueller, Julie – Canadian Journal of Education, 2020
As a problem-solving approach, design thinking (DT) emphasizes iterative, user-focused designing. While DT is being readily adopted into education, little is known about how educators integrate DT across curricula. To address this question, we collaborated with a tech-ed industry partner and a focus group of experienced educators to assess…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Student Projects
Student Research for Community Change: Tools to Develop Ethical Thinking and Analytic Problem Solving
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Tobin, William; Feit, Valerie – Teachers College Press, 2020
New research points to the future of education as online, student-centered, collaborative, and community-based--all largely absent from today's educational landscape. This timely guide shows middle, high school, and college students how to undertake research to address challenges in their curriculum and communities. The approach is deliberately…
Descriptors: Student Research, Community Change, Ethics, Problem Solving
Mathematics and Experiential Learning--Are They Compatible?
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Davidovitch, Nitza; Yavich, Roman; Keller, Nelly – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2014
In the process of experiential learning, students acquire skills and values as the consequence of a direct experience. Experiential learning draws on senses, emotions, and cognition and appeals to learners' entire being. Such learning, by nature, enables the development of a variety of capabilities, such as planning, teamwork, coping with…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Lesson Plans, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development
Convention Center Management: A Systems Analysis & Design Course Project
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Guidry, Brandi N.; Totaro, Michael W. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2011
A challenge faced by many instructors of systems analysis and design courses is the selection or development of projects that provide challenging, yet suitable, learning experiences for the students. Employing a system development project case in undergraduate MIS courses offers students a multitude of opportunities to experientially examine…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Experiential Learning, Reference Materials, Group Activities
Developing Dynamic Units for EFL
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Shin, Joan Kang – English Teaching Forum, 2007
"Developing Dynamic Units for EFL" describes how to develop a thematic unit that integrates skills in context, provides opportunities for learner autonomy, and is project-based and experiential. Planning includes identifying curriculum standards, thinking of a meaningful topic, brainstorming tasks, organizing the activities, and making…
Descriptors: Units of Study, English (Second Language), Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods
American Industry Instructor's Guide. Level I, Parts 1 and 2.
This comprehensive teaching guide for an 18-36 week course in American industry for the junior high grades contains seven units with detailed lesson plans, which focus on establishing and running a student business. Developed by educational specialists, the unit plans provide teaching suggestions, instructional media, behavioral objectives, and…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Media, Educational Testing