Flexible Learning: The Design Thinking Process as a K-12 Educational Tool

Abstract

Flexible Learning is a personal investigation of the relationship between the design-thinking process and standardized primary and secondary education. The problem-solving methods used in graphic design are studied as a means of enhancing skills among K-12 students in the education system—skills that are not generally being developed, some of which are creativity, engagement, collaboration, evaluation, refinement, and presentation techniques. I will explain how the creative application of the design-thinking process in the classroom, usually in the form of a project, can expand the horizons for whole-brain and creative thinking among students.