Design thinking, cognition and education on 21st century

Abstract

MARTINS FILHO, Vilson; GERGES, Nina Rosa Cruz  and  FIALHO, Francisco Antonio Pereira. Design thinking, cognition and education on 21st century. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.45, pp.579-596. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/dialogo.educ.15.045.A001.

The world in 21st Century is made of constant social changes by the use of digital technologies. These changes demand from us, as educational professionals, a more adaptable posture concerning to personal and institutional relations. One of these relationships is the one between institutions focused in teaching and the knowledge dissemination. Under a cognitivist view about knowledge, this paper researches trough bibliographic review and the presentation of Unesco ICT competency framework for teachers in 21st century to the knowledge society, how design thinking's methodology presumptions help us to use the abductive thinking as a strategy for the mediation in teaching and learning processes.

Keywords : Knowledge; Education on 21st Century; Design Thinking.

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