Design refers to mending and manipulating situations to become preferred situations. Thus, design based thinking refers to the creative and critical thinking process behind an activity. It utilises a strategy where the person assesses the users, environment around them and previous feedback in order to expand their knowledge on a situation. They identify challenges and solutions for those challenges (Shaikh et al., 2017).
From http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/design-thinking
As seen above, the design process requires users to understand they have a challenge and find solutions on how to approach it. It allows them to learn through interpreting solutions and feedback given in certain tasks. It allows them to see that they have an opportunity and come up with ideas to create something with the given opportunity. Finally, design-based thinking allows users to learn off previous tasks and activities and expand their knowledge for future use (Dam, 2023).
How to promote Design-based thinking in the classroom
Teachers can promote design based thinking in the classroom through the use of Tinker card 3D design. Tinkercard 3D designs is a website that allows users to create anything they can imagine in 3D. It encouragers users to extend their imagination and use their creative and critical thinking skills to create anything which can then be printed in a 3D printer.
(authors original content)
(design made on Tinker card 3D design and printed using 3D printer)
However, limitations Tinker card 3D design is it encourages children to focus too much on the design of the 3D design and not the function of what is being created. It also requires internet access which may not be easily available in all schools.
Educators can use Tinker card 3D design in Mathematics classes, specifically, Geometry as outcome MA2-14MG of the NSW k-10 mathematics syllabus requires students to "make, compare, sketch and names three-dimensional objects, including prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres, and describes their features". This website will allow students to achieve this outcome as they are able to draw different 3D objects and then compare and contrast them (NSW Education Standards Authority 2023).
References
Dam, R. F. (2023, March 20). The 5 Stages in the Design Thinking Process. The Interaction Design Foundation. https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/5-stages-in-the-design-thinking-process
NSW Education Standards Authority. (2023). MathematicsK-10 syllabus.
Shaikh, F., Hendrata, K., Kolowitz, B. J., Awan, O. A., Shrestha, R., & Deible, C. (2017). Value-Based Assessment of Radiology Reporting Using Radiologist-Referring Physician Two-Way Feedback System—a Design Thinking-Based Approach. Journal of Digital Imaging, 30(3), 267–274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-016-9940-7
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