Fusing Altruism with Design Thinking in the High School Art Classroom

Download or read book Fusing Altruism with Design Thinking in the High School Art Classroom written by Amy Cranfill and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research described in the following paper focused on the use of design thinking as a way to develop an altruistic project in my art classroom. I used action research as a pragmatic philosophy of study and found that the design thinking process was a very useful tool to investigating and developing altruistically motivated ideas. My students used design thinking to create a solution to the problem: Germs are spread by not washing your hands. This capstone project investigated altruism, the design thinking process, and how I intentionally fused altruism into that process. I documented my students journey to creating a germ-fighting giraffe named "Big G," their reactions, and some of my own observations during my research. The results of my project, my observations, and a project video are documented on my website http://www.amyswindowseat.com.