MED 7460 Design Thinking

This course explores the role of curiosity, creativity, and imagination in transformative teaching and learning practices grounded in design thinking. Candidates will examine contemporary research and learning theories and explore how they can infuse self-reflexive practices, exploration, generative-thinking, and prototyping into teaching methods so as to enrich learning and assessment.

Credits

Credits 3 sh

Cross Listed Courses

N/A

Prerequisite

N/A

Corequisite

N/A

Course Types

Required course for M.Ed. Program - Innovation in Education

Offered

• Summer

1. Candidates in MED 737 Design Thinking will
   LO 1. explain the theory and research that support design thinking in education
2. LO 2. summarize the characteristics of curiosity, creativity, and imagination
3. LO 3. use design thinking to foster curiosity, creativity, and imagination
4. LO 4. infuse self-reflexive practices, exploration, generative-thinking, and prototyping into teaching methods
5. LO 5. demonstrate how content area learning is enriched by infusing opportunities for cultivating and expressing curiosity, creativity, and imagination
6. LO 6. align NC K-12 standards with lessons that nurture curiosity, creativity, and imagination
7. LO 7. develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions for planning, implementing, and assessing learning infused with opportunities for expressing curiosity, creativity, or imagination