Annotated Review – Design-Based Learning
I have had a lot of fun researching this topic and I am looking forward to compiling everything into one final report. What I find most intriguing is the fact that so many others have already researched the same topic as I. I honestly did not realize how popular design-based learning is, especially in countries outside of the United States. As much as I would love to be a trailblazer, I am excited that others have paved the way and I can see how it has been done. My passion is for the educational system to embrace a more design thinking approach to learning so that students can begin to think beyond themselves and become more empathic. I plan to use these resources as support to my research by giving a new understanding of what has already been investigated and to evaluate and find new ways to interpret the sources. Please see my annotated review listed below. Thank you.
My action research question - “How can design thinking influence CTE business students to be more emphatic?"
Çeviker-Çınar, G., Mura, G., & Demirbağ-Kaplan, M. (2017). Design thinking: a new road map in business education. The Design Journal, 20(sup1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1353042.
The journal provides an overview of design-thinking in Business and how it might be integrated into the business education curriculum. The journal goes into detail about design thinking and the experience that comes with it in the business field, crises in business education, the methodology, and case studies that include studies from Rotman School of Management and Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Gibbons, S. (2018, January 14). Empathy mapping: the first step in design thinking. Nielsen Norman Group. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/empathy-mapping/.
The author describes in great detail the first step in design-thinking: empathy mapping and how to build a valid and useful map. The article shows a graphic on empathy mapping and the four quadrants used to connect with the user's feelings. The process of completing the map can do a number of things, including, Uncover user needs that the user themselves may not even be aware of.
Jamal, T., Kircher, J., & Donaldson, J. P. (2021). Re-visiting design thinking for learning and practice: critical pedagogy, conative empathy. Sustainability, 13(2), 964. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020964.
The journal discusses the history of design thinking and relates it to the current COVID pandemic. The author provides visuals of students' designs and how the pandemic impacted their emotions. There is great detail regarding the research on design-thinking as a valuable comprehensive approach to introducing subjects to students.
Jitaru, O. (2019). active learning and development of design thinking ability at students. Review of Artistic Education, 18(1), 293–299. https://doi.org/10.2478/rae-2019-0033.
The journal goes into depth about active learning and the development of design thinking. The author investigates students facing the requests of the contemporary social environment and how the biggest innovations in the 21st century will be those who respond to human needs. The author also analyzes active learning as a result of teacher-student collaboration. The research conducted provides detailed information regarding new skills needed to develop students' careers and how to adapt to life, socially.
Md Hashim, A., Syed Aris, S., & Chan, Y. (2019). Promoting empathy using design thinking in project-based learning and as a classroom culture. Asian Journal of University Education, 15(3), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.24191/ajue.v15i3.7817.
This journal takes a look at how empathy plays an important role in the design thinking process and classroom culture. The empathy skill process as students work through problem-solving and the integration of empathy, as discussed in the journal, allows the students to gain a deep understanding of their projects.
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