The Power and Possibilities for Design-Based Learning and Collaborative Creativity in Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

What if we are schooled with the skills needed to work together across differences? Would we have the courage to design a world that reflects our collective imagination? This session is comprised of four panellists from three universities in Canada and the United States who will present their research on the possibilities that arise when social-engagement is fostered through Design-Based Learning (DBL). DBL is a pedagogical approach that invites students to learn design problem-solving and ways of thinking. Design problem-solving is solution-focused and optimistic by nature. Designing blurs theory and practice and cultivates collaboration and imagination. The session aims at promoting the curricular possibilities of social-engagement through design, and strengthening collaborations for DBL research between Canada and the United States.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Design and Technology

Chair

• Layal Shuman, Ryerson University

Papers

• The Possibilities for Design-Based Learning in Education - Layal Shuman, Ryerson University

• Design Thinking as a Catalyst for Pedagogical Creativity in an Emergent Community of Practice - Mindy Roberta Carter, McGill University

• Collaborating With Community to Design Learning Environments for Reconciliation - Sharon Friesen, University of Calgary

• Experimenting, Risk-Taking, and Activist Mind-Sets Through Design Thinking in Preservice Art Education - Delane Ingalls Vanada, Catholic University of America