{"id":5468,"date":"2024-06-05T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:11:24","slug":"teaching-sustainability-design-thinking-introsem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"Teaching: Sustainability Design Thinking (IntroSem)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“BE INSPIRED BY WHAT EXISTS”<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Stanford has a program called IntroSems<\/a>. “IntroSems are an excellent opportunity to interact in small, discussion-based seminars with some of the Stanford’s most esteemed and talented professors and instructors.” A version of our Sustainability Design Thinking course was given in Spring 2024. We will have the last class meeting of the term later today, & it seems that a reflection may be a useful exercise.<\/p>\n

From a high level, the IntroSems version of the course (CEE 11Q) has involved more visualization which resulted in more discussion. The Winter 2019 version (CEE 176G\/276G) had a similarly small class size (~7 or 8 students),\u00a0 but the group dynamics was different. CEE 11Q distinctly dug deeper into shared issues, whereas the other course spanned a more diverse range of issues. Having a DCI student in the Winter course added to that stretch. The question though is whether Sustainability Design Thinking is academically effective as an IntroSems course.<\/p>\n

From two instances of assignments so far this term in CEE 11Q, the design thinking personal reflections (a mini-essay) have been more encouraging relative to the Winter course reflections. A few excerpts from CEE 11Q:<\/p>\n

“…be inspired by what exists…”<\/em> Inspiration is key to launching in the course project work. Students should recognize & be comfortable with inspiration – to exercise the GROWTH MINDSET.<\/p>\n

“Thinking about the amount of things this process can be applied to excites me a lot.”<\/em> While we can be academically critical & analytical about existing sustainable behaviors, the life lesson from this course involves feeling ready to apply the design thinking process to future projects & challenges – as part of YOUR PERSONAL STORY.<\/p>\n

“…the most important part of the design thinking process for this project was empathizing.”<\/em> Empathy threads our entire design thinking process so that we have awareness structure & confidence for action\u00a0 – to strengthen our EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.<\/p>\n

The focal proposition of an IntroSems course to be formative & feed on curiosity makes for a good introductory course. It’s like a “lite” version of our other course. So now I am curious whether we need an advanced version of the course?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“BE INSPIRED BY WHAT EXISTS” Stanford has a program called IntroSems. “IntroSems are an excellent opportunity to interact in small, discussion-based seminars with some of the Stanford’s most esteemed and talented professors and instructors.” A version of our Sustainability Design Thinking course was given in Spring 2024. We will have the last class meeting of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons","category-planning","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5481,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions\/5481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}