Innovation Nation: Teaching Middle School Students to Be Design Thinkers

Autor/inn/en	Butler, Allison G.; Lacey, Heather P.; Roberto, Michael A.; Hanney, Deborah; Luiggi, Nina
Titel	Innovation Nation: Teaching Middle School Students to Be Design Thinkers
Quelle	In: Middle School Journal, 54 (2023) 3, S.17-28 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-0771
DOI	10.1080/00940771.2023.2185436
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Females; Design; Thinking Skills; Innovation; Cooperative Learning; 21st Century Skills; Self Efficacy; Creativity; Problem Solving; Feedback (Response); Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Denkfähigkeit; Kooperatives Lernen; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Kreativität; Problemlösen; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Our purpose was to provide a model for a middle school design thinking program supported by a university-school partnership and to investigate potential benefits of teaching middle school students to be design thinkers. Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade girls (N = 80) participated in the Innovation Nation program. Over three days, students engaged in workshops and collaborated in teams to learn the five phases of design thinking (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test) and applied the methodology to an authentic human-centered innovation challenge. Student teams showcased prototypes of their solutions at a final exhibition attended by parents and the school community. Results showed that participants dramatically increased their understanding of design thinking and its steps as a result of the Innovation Nation experience. Notably, there were also important gains beyond design thinking knowledge, including increases in self-efficacy for creativity, design, and problem-solving, and better attitudes about group work. There was also evidence that skills learned in Innovation Nation transferred, as students showed an increased tendency to seek critical feedback and revise work based on feedback in a novel design task following the program. We hope to encourage middle school educators to bring design thinking into the curriculum, as students who learn design thinking also develop important habits of mind and 21st century skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01