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KOERICH, Guilherme Henrique; OLIVEIRA, Geovana Samuel  e  VARNIER, Thiago. THE USE OF DESIGN THINKING IN THE EVALUATION OF AN EXTENSION COURSE FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE CONTEXT OF AN UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE. Rev. Exitus [online]. 2020, vol.10, e020120.  Epub 31-Mar-2022. ISSN 2237-9460.  https://doi.org/10.24065/2237-9460.2020v10n1id1474.

Education and aging are permanent and dynamic processes in human life. In this sense, as Universities of the Third Age (U3A), among other applications, socio-educational activities, such as non-formal education courses for elderly people. The course evaluation is a didactic instrument, with an emphasis on the interpretation of results, which makes it possible to intervene and recover pedagogical practice. However, no applicable guidelines and indicators were found for evaluating extension courses at U3As. Therefore, this research aims to understand and demonstrate the use of the design thinking process for educators in the evaluation of an extension course for elderly people in the context of a University of the Third Age. Design thinking for educators (DTE) is a student-centered approach to arrive at new, creative solutions and create a positive impact. In this way, its principles configure an agile, playful and creative way of thinking, through a set of processes to transform problems into opportunities and collaborative solutions. The approach consists of five phases: 1) discovery, 2) interpretation, 3) idea, 4) experience and 5) evolution. As the results of the application of this evaluation process of the Course of Monitors, U3A can involve students in this evaluation process, with a view to co-production and cocreation, to improve the feeling of participation, shared management and the role of older people. The application of the DTE approach, shown to be satisfactory for evaluating the course, as it systematizes the evaluation process, and is in line with the U3A’s precepts, such as protagonism, broad participation and integration of the elderly.

Palavras-chave : Design Thinking for Educators; Educational Evaluation; Center for Senior Studies.

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