3. Design thinking is the need of the hour, it will enable students to
address problems and find innovative solutions for the same.
"Creative Problem solving and ideation can become a skill that can
be imbibed in the middle school years and CBSE has taken quite a
commendable and giant step in this aspect. A strong emphasis on
using all the students' senses for the learning process cannot be
reiterated enough. This is the first step in the paradigm shift that
CBSE has initiated in the classroom
4. Design Thinking is a design methodology that
provides a solution-based approach to solving
problems. It’s extremely useful in tackling complex
problems that are ill-defined or unknown.
The five stages of Design Thinking are as follows:
Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test.
15. Need of such curriculum
1. It improves and enhances cognitive skills.
2. It hones the sensory abilities.
3. It promotes social abilities.
4. It promotes awareness in students through discovery, analysis,
experience and collaboration, team spirit and reflection.
5. Nurtures curiosity and enhances explorative skills.
6. Fosters creativity and innovation in students.
7. Identify the problems and be able to find solutions for these
problems by applying design thinking process and develop
problem solving methods .
8. Learn fundamentals/essentials of creative design thinking