Design Thinking in Education Innovation Can Be Learned

Education needs new ways to prepare individuals and societies for the multitude of changing challenges in the twenty-first century. In today's world—characterized by digitization, increasing speed, and complexity—design thinking has established itself as a powerful approach to human-centered innovation that can help address complicated problems and guide change in all areas of life. Design thinking formats not only teach skills that benefit people as they expand their "toolbox," but also create affective and cognitive outcomes.

This book includes experiences, approaches, and reflections on design thinking in education from different perspectives of renowned design thinking experts from the network of the Hasso Plattner Institute and its School of Design Thinking. Using real-world examples, the book provides insights into requirements and protocols that design thinking practitioners can apply to transform their academic or professional ecosystem.  It will be of interestfor readers who work in or are interested in a wide variety of educational contexts.

Introduction.- Design Thinking in Higher Education Setting.- Beyond Brainstorming: Introducing Medgi, an Effective, Research-Based Method for Structured Concept Development.- Combining DT and Entrepreneurship Education: The DTE-Model.- Design Thinking - Enabling Creativity and Innovation in Digital Engineering Students.- Walls, Furniture, People – Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Space in Design Thinking.- Integrating Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship: Case Study Universidad Mayor (Chile).- Where Context Matters - Design Thinking in South Africa.- Massive Open Online Design: Learning from Scaling Design Thinking Education.- Design Thinking, Neurodesign and Facilitating Worthwhile Change: Towards a Curriculum for Innovation Engineering.- Towards a Culturally Responsive Design Thinking Education.- Design Thinking in Professional Education and Organizational Contexts.- Design Thinking for Leaders – Made Possible by Innovation and Agility.- Strategic DT as a New Instrument for Leadership in Digital Transformation.- Human-Centeredness in Professional Education – On the Use and Application of a Human-Centered Approach in the Field of Professional Education. - Mastering the Fundamentals of Design Thinking by Teaching the Skills of Improvisation.- The Certification Program for Design Thinking Coaches at the HPI Academy.- Outlook: Design Thinking in Education for the Big Picture.- DT and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Design Thinking and Youth Empowerment Case Study For US Girls (US) and Start-up Africa (Kenya).- Contextualizing Design Thinking with Multiple Intelligences The Global SUGAR Program as a Case.- IQ grows in WeQ mode.