Design Thinking for Digital Well-being: Theory and Practice for Educators

by Anne Jones (Author), Fiona C . Chambers (Author), RachelSandford (Author), OrlaMurphy (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2019

  $140.16

  Design Thinking for Digital Wellbeing empowers educators to teach young people how to critically embrace technology in their lives. It provides a pedagogical framework for teaching young people to flourish in a digital society and enjoy digital wellbeing. In so doing, it establishes the need for digital literacy, digital fluency and values fluency within the education system as a whole.

  With a unique focus on empathy-centric Design Thinking, and using a case-study informed educational model of technological and pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK), this expert guide:

  • Explores the challenges that pupils (and teachers) face balancing their digital lives
  • Supports the `wired generation' in navigating the cyber sphere and understanding how their data are used
  • Acknowledges the necessity of supporting the digital wellbeing of pupils (and teachers) to create a healthy and successful learning environment
  • Promotes the effective use of technology to enhance teaching and learning
  • Aids professionals in ensuring pupils enjoy digital literacy, digital fluency, values fluency and safety online

  Design Thinking for Digital Wellbeing deals with the core concepts of digital literacy, digital fluency and values fluency that are essential for anyone in the teaching profession. It is a source of support and guidance for all those involved in exploring the challenges of using technology to promote digital health and wellbeing.