EDTC 633:
Design Thinking and Data Analysis
Spring 2022
Design Thinking and Data Analysis
Spring 2022
In today's society, there appears to be projects wherever one goes- it can be construction, marketing projects, community projects, or even smaller projects within someone's home. Projects are also incorporated in education, and promote the development of a variety of skills. These skills include critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. This course is rooted in creating problem-based and project-based learning (PBL) assessments, as well as data collection, all of which are student- centered concepts. This course exposed and taught me how to design an original PBL, as well as a toolbox of methods to collect data and assess while simultaneously engaging students. With PBL, students identify problem, collaboratively develop a plan to solve the identified problem, In education, data is utilized to measure growth and define the needs of students.
Project/ Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a method of students actively learning by identifying and solving real world problems through collaboration and creation of original solutions. This style of learning is applicable to all academic subjects, and allows students to engage with their community. To the right is a flow chart describing the process to successful PBL.
As a seventh grade United States social studies teacher, students are frequently asking questions about the way our government works, why various policies are implemented, to questioning the role and amount of power politicians have in the government. Given student interest in the way our government works, I decided to focus my PBL on the government, specifically the process of a bill becoming a law.