Hi Mark,
Marcia Salner has worked extensively on this issue in regard to systems thinking which very much parallels design thinking.
She has some great papers that subtly draw attention to the role of individuals' epistemological development in systems (substitute design) as a marker of their professional development and learning in the field. She named this evolution in an individual 'epistemic shift'. . .
Best wishes ,
Terry
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Subject: Re: Design Thinking Unique to Design?
David
Thank you for your post for which I have been awaiting responses to some of the questions with great anticipation. Despite this being a hot topic on the List, I have been disappointed that you have not received any replies to any of your questions.
I am afraid that I cannot answer your questions as, on a personal level, ’the jury is out’ as to what design thinking is and how it impacts on education and practice (design and/or beyond). In fact, to help me get my head around the issue I have had to recruit a PhD student and would like to take this opportunity to thank members of the List (academics and practitioners) who have been very gracious in responding to his requests for interviews. The responses collated to date indicate both consensus and conflict.
By replying to your post, I hope to rekindle your questions which I have slightly re-phrased and those marked with an asterisk being of particular interest to myself:
1. How do you develop capability in design thinking?
2. How do you know when someone does or does not have capability as a design thinker?
3. Is design thinking a purely innate and intuitive capacity that you have or do not have?*
4. Is design thinking something that can be taught, developed and even assessed?
5. Can we legitimately say it is unique to the field and can we prove it by being able to specify and isolate what it is as
well as being able to articulate a specific pedagogical approach for its development?*
Thanks
Dr Mark Evans
Reader in Industrial Design
Design Practice Research Group Leader
Loughborough Design School
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