USING FOCUS GROUPS IN SUPPORTING DESIGN THINKING-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

The contributions of the Design Thinking approach in Education are being increasingly recognized and are inspiring innovative pedagogical projects in schools. Divergent and convergent thinking, which are core values in this approach, seeks to multiply options for exploring educational contents and then driving toward an effective learning.

This article describes the use of focus groups in supporting divergent and convergent thinking in the learning process for basic education. Focus groups take advantage of group dynamics and allow small groups of students to be guided by a qualified moderator (teacher) in order to achieve increasing levels of understanding and deepening of fundamental learnings in the subject under study.

Autores: João José Bignetti Bechara, Stela Conceição Bertholo Piconez

Evento: 11th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation

Local: Sevilha, ESPANHA 

Período: 12 a 14 de novembro de 2018

Anais: ICERI2018 Proceedings

Páginas: 6749-6754

ISBN: 978-84-09-05948-5
ISSN: 2340-1095

DOI: 10.21125/iceri.2018.2600

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