design thinking for learning
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A DESIGN THINKING APPROACH
TO LEARNING TO CODE
Nate Cooper
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Design Thinking!
Empathize Define Ideate Prototype Test
Solving problemsusing design methodology
Gather Organize Visualize
Brain-based
What is design thinking?
Cognitive psychology + Behavioral economics
Step 1: Know your self
Try softer
Some imperfect models of the brain
Split Brain experiments
Triune Brain theory
Dual System hypothesis
Visual processing is faster than thought
John Snow’s map
Of cholera cases
Around Broad Street
London, 1854
John Snow’s map
Of cholera cases
Around Broad Street
London, 1854
Step 2: Tackle problems you can solve
Difficult but Solvable
can mean a lot of different things
Apache
MySQL
PHP
Rails
node.js
Joomla
Wordpress
Drupal
HTML/CSS/JS
Text Editor
Sublime
Dreamweaver
Javascript
Flash
Browser
Front End Back End
Server
Client
Production machine
Are you able to
correctly set up
the problem?
Step 3: Tracking progress
Focusing
Facilitation
FOCUSING FACILITATION
“I am your resentment,
and I am here to tell you
that you are underappreciated.”
1. Clear a space.
2. Get hold of a feeling.
3. Apply labels.
4. Test the label or labels.
5. Ask for meaning.
6. Receive the meaning, feel a shift.
FOCUSING : The six steps
Facilitation turns experiences and feelings into goals and steps
Metal Models
‘Understanding’ means building
(working) mental models to make
accurate predictions.
Behavioral economics
Step 4: Understanding false positives
Behavioral Economics Takeaways
Behavioral Economics Takeaways
Without an explicit point of comparison, people use one unconsciously.
We overweight small risks
while underweighting large ones.
Behavioral Economics Takeaways
We accept too much
riskto avoid a loss
Behavioral Economics Takeaways
Behavioral Economics Takeaways
We exaggerate
differences in a paired
comparison
Step 5: Reward progress
10 Growth Mindset Statements
What can I say to myself?
Instead of: Try thinking:
I’m not good at this.
I’m awesome at this.
I give up.
This is too hard.
I can’t make this any better.
I just can’t do Math.
I made a mistake.
She’s so smart. I will never be that smart.
It’s good enough.
Plan “A” didn’t work.
What am I missing?
I’m on the right track.
I’ll use some of the strategies we’ve learned.
This may take some time and effort.
I can always improve so I’ll keep trying.
I’m going to train my brain in Math.
Mistakes help me to learn better.
I’m going to figure out how she does it.
is it really my best work?
Good thing the alphabet has 25 more letters!
Flow
“The state in which people are so involved
in an activity that nothing else seems to
matter; the experience itself is so
enjoyable that people will do it even at
great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.”
“If you find yourself asking yourself (and your
friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an
artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit
innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one
is scared to death.”
― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break
Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative
Battles