Teaching design thinking to future designers in higher design education conceptions and cases Joyce Hwee Ling Koh

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koh, Joyce Hwee Ling, author.

Series:

Occasional papers. Education series

Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--Study and teaching (Higher).

Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore Springer [2026]

Summary:

This book seeks a more comprehensive understanding of "design thinking" through deeper inquiry about what this means to design educators, and how they see themselves teaching it in their disciplines. The following questions frame the areas of inquiry for this book: How do educators in higher design institutions conceive of design thinking?; How are these conceptions of design thinking being taught in the design studios of higher design institutions?; and How can designers' perspectives of design thinking inform non-designers? This book advances the common core of design thinking amidst fragmented understandings within the design disciplines. It contributes to the conceptual development of design thinking by considering perspectives within the design disciplines, while also recognizing the emergence of human-centered approaches outside of the design disciplines. The various chapters examine designer-specific perspectives of design thinking and reasoning, discussing how they can inform design thinking practices outside of design disciplines, especially in education, business, and industry. This book also contributes to current research of higher design education through examining research and practice, presenting Synergized Design Thinking (SynDT) as an alternative basis for conceptualizing and teaching design thinking. It provides readers with the benefit of understanding and appropriating design thinking concepts from within the design disciplines, as well as case exemplars for reference. This book serves as a helpful resource for designers, design students who would be future designers, non-designers, design educators, K-12 schools, teachers, and adult educators who are seeking to integrate design thinking into their curriculums and teaching practice.

Contents:

A need for design thinking

Theoretical development of design thinking a historical overview

Learning and teaching design thinking at the studio - Opportunities and challenges

Connecting design thinking to design languages

Developing design thinking and foundational skills through complex learning with 4c id

Externalizing and interrogating design thinking through creating heuristics

Developing ability for framing during design thinking

Appropriating human centred design thinking approaches

Generative artificial intelligence and design thinking

Synergized design thinking syndt re conceptualizing theoretical possibilities for design thinking

Nurturing design thinking the synthesized design thinking syndt instructional map

Future directions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Koh, Joyce Hwee Ling Teaching Design Thinking to Future Designers in Higher Design Education

Print version:

ISBN:

9789819585311

9819585317

OCLC:

1594244725

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