The multiplier event “
Professional Development of Teachers to Promote Design Thinking Skills and Academic Success of Students”, subtitled Teaching with
Creativity: Design Thinking in the Classroom, was organised on 12/12/2023 at Scuola Primaria “Don Adriano Bragazzi” – Terracina (Italy).
The event aimed to disseminate and exploit the project's results and products and promote the sustainability of
Design Thinking (DTS) results and primary outcomes, mainly project methodology, the learning platform, and their application.
In addition, it was an opportunity to exchange teaching and learning practices and experiences and to create possible support for the transferability and sustainability of the DTS project.
More than 70 people from kindergarten, primary and secondary school teachers, functional responsible, digital facilitators, headmasters and unit managers interested in the topic discussed, the introduction of the design thinking approach in the classroom and the teaching and learning resources developed during the project attended.
After presenting the project aims and outcomes, the design thinking workshop provided a concrete idea of the methodology’s application.