Description
This 5-day program introduces educators and school staff to the Design Thinking process as a practical and collaborative approach to solving challenges within the educational environment. Through hands-on activities, participants explore real needs of students, teachers, and staff, define meaningful school challenges, ideate innovative solutions, create prototypes, and test them in realistic scenarios.
The course fosters creativity, user-centered thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving skills that can be integrated into classrooms, staff rooms, administrative processes, and overall school culture. Participants finish the course with a concrete, ready-to-implement solution tailored to their school context.
Participants will be able to:
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Apply the Design Thinking process in educational contexts.
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Identify the needs of students, teachers, and staff.
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Develop creative, practical, and user-centered solutions.
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Build and test prototypes quickly and effectively.
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Collaborate in mixed school teams.
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Analyze challenges and plan actionable improvements.
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Communicate ideas clearly and provide constructive feedback.
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Reflect on personal teaching and school management practices.
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Promote innovation and problem-solving within the school.
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Integrate design thinking skills into daily school activities.
Learning by doing: applying tools directly to real school challenges.
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Group collaboration: mixed teams of teachers and staff.
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User-centered design: focusing on real needs in the school community.
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Prototyping and testing: fast creation and improvement of solutions.
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Reflection: short daily reflections to connect learning to practice.
By the end of the course, participants will:
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Produce a functional prototype addressing a real school challenge.
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Develop an implementation plan ready to use in classrooms, staff workflows, or school processes.
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Gain practical strategies for improving learning, collaboration, or school culture.
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Enhance collaboration and teamwork among teachers, staff, and administrators.
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Improve understanding of student and staff needs.
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Increase creativity, confidence, and problem-solving skills.
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Promote a culture of innovation in their school.
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Learn to iterate and refine solutions based on feedback.
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Build tools and approaches ready for immediate application.
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Acquire skills to apply Design Thinking to future school challenges.
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Our Pricing
100% funded by the Erasmus+
Services included
- Pre-arrival information.
- Tuition & training materials.
- Coffee break.
- Training Certificate.
- Europass Certificate.
- Admin & organizational costs.
services
- Accommodation (hotels & self-catering apartments).
- Half-day and one-day trips.
- Cultural activities.
- Airport transfer.
- Local transport.
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