College Composition and Communication Feb 2020

Using Design Thinking to Teach Creative Problem Solving in Writing Courses

Scott Wible

Abstract

Integrating design thinking methodology into writing courses can help students to develop creative approaches to problem definition and solution development. Tracing how students work with and through written genres common to design thinking reveals the possibilities and potential of learning new patterns of inquiry and argumentation. Developing these creative habits of mind empowers students to explore and invent solutions to complex, multidimensional problems across the broad range of their disciplinary, professional, and civic lives.

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College Composition and Communication
Published
2020-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202030501
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genre theory writing pedagogy argument
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