Design thinking in schools : a leader's guide to collaborating for improvement / John B. Nash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, John B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs.

Educational change.

Educational leadership.

Student-centered learning.

Instructional systems--Design.

Instructional systems.

Physical Description:

ix, 178 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2019]

Summary:

"School innovation expert John B. Nash demonstrates how design thinking can be adapted successfully by busy school leaders seeking student-centered solutions to a range of challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Kickoff p. 13

Choose a Design Team p. 15

Assess Your School Culture for Design Thinking p. 20

Create a Challenge p. 25

Potential Obstacles in the Kickoff Phase p. 31

How to Be Effective at the Kickoff Phase p. 33

Chapter 2 Need Finding p. 35

Empathetic Interviews p. 40

Shadow Safaris p. 50

User Photo Studies p. 53

Potential Obstacles During Need Finding p. 56

Share Out p. 61

Create an Empathy Map p. 63

Develop a Character Composite p. 66

Write a Point-of-View Want Ad p. 70

Synthesis in Action p. 71

Challenges and Advice in the Synthesis Phase p. 73

Chapter 4 Brainstorming p. 75

Set the Tone p. 77

Choose a Viable "How Might We...?" Question p. 77

Conduct a Brainstorm p. 82

Harvest the Brainstorm p. 90

Challenges and Advice in Brainstorming p. 93

Chapter 5 Prototyping p. 95

Preparing to Prototype p. 98

Storyboard Prototypes p. 100

Experiential Prototypes p. 107

"Fake It" Prototypes p. 110

What About Ideas You Didn't Prototype? p. 113

Two Tools for Feedback on Any Prototype: Warms and Cools and Plus/Delta p. 115

Challenges and Advice in the Prototyping Phase p. 116

Identify the Implementation Team p. 121

Orient Yourself to the Pilot Program p. 122

Plan the Pilot p. 125

Create a Theory of Change p. 126

Reinvolve the Design Team p. 130

Challenges and Advice in the Implementation Phase p. 134

Chapter 7 Leaders as Designers p. 137

When Educators Are Exposed to Design Thinking p. 138

Design Thinkers Are Searchers, Not Planners p. 140

Are You a Planner? p. 143

How Do You Attain a Design Thinking Mindset? p. 143

Does Design Thinking Work for Both Simple and Complex Challenges? p. 144.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682534199

1682534197

9781682534205

1682534200

OCLC:

1102467585

Publisher Number:

99982907391