Paper Title
Design Thinking in Developing Integrated Holistic Education through Project Work (PW)
Abstract
This paper focuses on Zhangde Primary School’s experience in adopting the Design Thinking approach for our Interdisciplinary Project Work (IPW). The school adopted the Design Thinking model to craft lesson packages for the themes, topics, or concepts within the existing scheme of work. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) was an integral part of design thinking and media literacy skill sets. Parental engagement was a part of our IPW experience. The creative problem-solving model was also adopted. The model allows designers to achieve greater insight into the users’ needs and problems as they clarify on the challenges. At the same time, be able to identify possible problems leading to the issue. This model also allows designers to understand that criteria needed to be set to choose the best fit solutions. The use of the models and the integration of the various subject contents, enabled students to see the authenticity of daily lessons which led to positive attitude towards collaborative work, innovation, and creativity.
Keywords - Design Thinking, Inter-disciplinary Project Work.