Design Approaches in and for Education

Design to Improve Life Education – Teacher’s Guide

Design to Improve Life Education – Teacher’s Guide

“In this book, you will find an overall introduction to Design to Improve Life. Also, you will find a short introduction to the didactical and procedural foundation, upon which Design to Improve Life Education is built. The design phases are reviewed, explaining the individual phases thoroughly, and the book ends with a series of techniques which are immediately applicable in your own teaching. Some of the techniques belong in specific phases, and some can be used whenever you feel the need to.”

The Index project

The Index Project

“How do you ensure people dedicate their creative skills to worthy causes? You put ‘design to improve life’ on the learning agenda. 

Since 2011, we’ve taught people all over the world how to use design to solve real-world needs. In partnership with municipalities, institutions and businesses, we’ve educated thousands on design thinking, innovation and sustainability.”

Design for Change

Design for Change

“For the longest time, education has believed that children are the future, that ‘ONE day’ they will grow up and make the world a better place. And in waiting for that ‘One day’, education has deferred the promise that it made to its children to help them become creative, proactive, empathetic and responsible citizens. This resulted in children graduating with the ‘I CAN’T’ mindset.”

Ideas Docentes

Ideas Docentes

Ideas Docentes is a design-based participatory process that seeks to support educational communities, providing them with a pedagogical reflection tool that allows them to lead their own improvement processes.

Henry Ford Learning Institute

Henry Ford Learning Institute

HFLI was founded in 2003 by The Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company Fund to model new ways of teaching and learning for ambitious student outcomes and positive social change.”

Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit

Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit

“The Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit gives teachers the tools and methods they need to apply design thinking—discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation and evolution—in real-world scenarios.”

Master and PhD work

Ingvill Gjerdrum Maus

Ingvill’s PhD exploited…

You can access Ingvild’s PhD

Ingvill will be participating in one of the Engage with Ideas events…