TY - JOUR
T1 - Teachers are designers
T2 - Addressing problems of practice in education
AU - Henriksen, Danah
AU - Richardson, Carmen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Teachers may be confused or put off by buzzwords like “design thinking,” but the concept is a useful one: To solve stubborn, everyday problems of practice in schools, they should approach those problems strategically and systematically. Specifically, explain the authors, teachers gain new insights into challenges they face when they take steps to empathize with students, come to terms with the uncertainties of school change, and learn to think of themselves as designers.
AB - Teachers may be confused or put off by buzzwords like “design thinking,” but the concept is a useful one: To solve stubborn, everyday problems of practice in schools, they should approach those problems strategically and systematically. Specifically, explain the authors, teachers gain new insights into challenges they face when they take steps to empathize with students, come to terms with the uncertainties of school change, and learn to think of themselves as designers.
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U2 - 10.1177/0031721717734192
DO - 10.1177/0031721717734192
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85029950441
VL - 99
SP - 60
EP - 64
JO - Phi Delta Kappan
JF - Phi Delta Kappan
SN - 0031-7217
IS - 2
ER -