Using Design Thinking to Teach Creative Problem Solving in Writing Courses
Scott Wible
Abstract
Integrating design thinking methodology into writing courses can help students to develop creative approaches to problem definition and solution development. Tracing how students work with and through written genres common to design thinking reveals the possibilities and potential of learning new patterns of inquiry and argumentation. Developing these creative habits of mind empowers students to explore and invent solutions to complex, multidimensional problems across the broad range of their disciplinary, professional, and civic lives.
Topics & Concepts
Argumentation theoryDisciplineMathematics educationCreative thinkingCreative problem-solvingProfessional writingCritical thinkingCreative writingPedagogyTeaching methodDesign thinkingPsychologyComputer scienceEngineering ethicsSociologyCreativityEpistemologyEngineeringSocial scienceHuman–computer interactionVisual artsSocial psychologyArtPhilosophyDesign Education and PracticeDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesCreativity in Education and Neuroscience