Disciplinary Design and Design Thinking in Scientific Inquiry

Leslie Atkins, Sha Kayla Moran

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Abstract

Design thinking (DT), strategies from engineering and business for designing, is gaining traction in education. However, little attention has been paid to how design heuristics and techniques may be domain dependent, particularly in cases where the designed artifacts address epistemic goals in disciplinary communities. In addition, authentically engaging in DT strategies may be challenging in classrooms where outcomes are focused not on students' novel solutions but acquisition of canonical content. This paper describes why we might anticipate DT to be generative outside of engineering and business contexts, and why we might anticipate that disciplines will have unique strategies for design as well. We present one case of a design generated by undergraduate students in scientific inquiry, with a focus on how design problems emerge and challenges and successes students meet in designing solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All
Subtitle of host publicationOverarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
EditorsClark Chinn, Edna Tan, Carol Chan, Yael Kali
Pages881-884
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330653
StatePublished - 2022
Event16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Japan
Duration: 6 Jun 202210 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
ISSN (Print)1814-9316

Conference

Conference16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityVirtual, Online
Period6/06/2210/06/22

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