Design Thinking

Design Thinking is the primary way we approach project-based learning. For Design Exhibition, each student displays one project created following the human-centered framework that requires understanding multiple perspectives, identifying a specific need, and working to create a solution to that need. Design thinking is critical thinking.

As students question, investigate and collaborate, they move through phases of the design thinking process. Gibson Ek’s work is adapted from the work of Stanford’s d.school, and uses the language below that you’ll also see in students’ displays.