4. quality of curriculum
framing of lessons
student participation & engagement
teaching to “all kinds of minds”
WHAT FACTORS support systems for teachers & students
AFFECT EDUCATION?
school resources
school environments
families
communities
5. quality of curriculum
framing of lessons
teaching to “all kinds of minds”
student participation & engagement
WHICH FACTORS support systems for teachers & students
AFFECT EDUCATION?
school resources
school environments
families
communities
7. by viewing it as a communications issue
— ask if the form of the teaching enhances
or interferes with the content
— ask if the form of the teaching suits
HOW CAN DESIGN the audience
IMPROVE TEACHING? — provide frameworks for evaluating
signal-to-noise ratio
by integrating effective visual communication
— use visual cues (on paper, blackboards,
walls) to signal different thinking/learning
modes
9. by understanding that students respond to the
form of the teaching as much as the content
for students, form describes the degree of
— creativity — authorship
HOW CAN DESIGN — i nteractivity — collaboration
IMPROVE STUDENT — relevance — variety
ENGAGEMENT? — flexibility — customization
— these factors speak to all kinds of minds
— these factors help increase participation
11. design can provide models for developing
discrete cognitive and communication skills
— critical thinking
—
analysis and synthesis
HOW CAN DESIGN — persuasion
IMPROVE STUDENTS’ — visual literacy/media literacy
HARD SKILLS? —
creativity and self-expression*
12. design can provide constructive models for
process
— lateral thinking/brainstorming
— revision/iteration
HOW CAN DESIGN — thinking through making*
IMPROVE STUDENTS’ — discovery/innovation through making*
FUNCTIONING? — perseverence/constructive failure*
— appreciation for process*
13. DESIGN + EDUCATION
USEFUL INTERSECTIONS
awareness of form
critical thinking
different modes of thinking and learning
self-expression
processing
