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Design Thinking – Creating Great Thinkers in Your Classroom, Part 2 Amplify Your Impact
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n my previous article, I shared there is a framework called Design Thinking that you can use to amplify your impact and achieve these desirable outcomes: • Enhance academic results
Now, we will continue the journey of exploring how to use this powerful approach to problem-solving and what it looks like in a classroom setting. But first things first…
• Create an innovative learning environment
You have more autonomy than you think.
• Create great thinkers
If you’re thinking, “Well, this sounds great. But I have…”
• Drive better engagement • Create a better culture
• Provide your students with a voice and agency over their learning • Increase students’ wellbeing
• Make your job as a teacher easier
• a curriculum to follow…
• many policies to adhere to…
• a senior leader to answer to… The list of constraints can go on and on. You are right to think so. Yes, teachers have many constraints. You operate
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