Abstract:

(Prospective) teachers always develop problem solutions, concepts, methods and materials for or with their learners. If they see themselves as designers, they can develop a different idea of teaching, learning and their own role as teachers. In terms of modern and open teaching, they should see themselves more as creators, companions and initiators of learning. This should be initiated in an early phase of teacher education, in which student teachers can gain relevant experience, develop ideas, try them out, revise them and implement them. Leading to stimulate them to reflect on fundamental teaching challenges.

The Design Thinking method enables learners to leave the role of the recipient and act as a developer. In teaching, Design Thinking is a method of problem-based learning in which students or pupils develop creative, collaborative and self-directed solutions that are innovative and sustainable as well as relevant, manageable and implementable for the target group (Panke, 2019). To do this, the target group’s knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to the challenge posed must be experienced from the user’s perspective (Hopp/Häusslein 2017, 126) and taken into account in the development and problem-solving process.

In the presentation we want to show how design thinking is used in university teaching. For this purpose, a seminar on multilingualism pedagogy and didactics will be presented, in which students teaching at primary schools at a university have developed sustainable, digital or digitized materials that have been adapted to the identified user perspective of active teachers. The aim of the material development was to support teachers in perceiving multilingualism as "normal" and as an opportunity and to integrate it into the classroom. The material produced was made available to teachers via a website. In addition to the finished product of the students, we also want to present voices from the seminar evaluation and open up perspectives for our own educational offers.

References:
[1] Hopp, Oliver/Häusslein, Gepa (2017). Design Thinking und Schule: Das Handbuch für den Schulalltag.
[2] Panke, Stefanie (2019). Design thinking in education: Perspectives, opportunities and challenges. In: Open Education Studies, 1 (1), 281-306. https://doi.org/10.1515/edu-2019-0022

Keywords:

Design Thinking, Teacher Education, digital material, multilingual didactics.