A Design Thinking Approach to Disentangle the Wicked Problem of Re-Curriculation during a Pandemic.
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| Title: | A Design Thinking Approach to Disentangle the Wicked Problem of Re-Curriculation during a Pandemic. |
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| Authors: | Lubbe, Irene1 irenelubbe@icloud.com, Adam, Sumaiya2 sumaiya.adam@up.ac.za, Cordier, Werner2 werner.cordier@up.ac.za |
| Source: | Progressio: South African Journal for Open & Distance Learning Practice. 2023, Vol. 44, p1-22. 22p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Curriculum planning, *Higher education, *Medical schools, *Data analysis, Coronavirus diseases, Pandemics, Design thinking |
| Abstract: | Covid-19 continues to cause major disruptions and unique challenges in the higher education sector. Some of the most profound disruptions are in health sciences where students depend on current, up-to-date information, interdisciplinary collaboration, and work-integrated learning to acquire the needed skill set to become proficient clinical practitioners. Combining the Covid-19 pandemic with emergency remote teaching and an outdated 25-yearold non-responsive, fragmented curriculum created the perfect storm for a wicked problem. (A problem that is almost impossible to solve due to incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognise.) In this article, the authors share their journey-in-process of design thinking disentanglement to solve this current and wicked problem. Shortly before the start of the pandemic, the specific medical school under study embarked on a re-curriculation process--a process that was rudely and abruptly distorted and tangled by the pandemic. However, despite the initial setback, they continue with this mammoth task, basing their activities on "design thinking" principles. They purposively approach this task from within a human-centred, value-based, solution-focused, action-orientated and systematic reasoning process. The five intertwined, non-linear design thinking phases of empathise (stake-holder analysis and data collection), define (data analysis and problem statement), ideate (possible solutions), prototype (integrated draft curriculum) and test (stake-holder feedback and input) were adopted as a method to facilitate and expedite the re-curriculation process. The process discussed in this manuscript has value beyond the health sciences. The approach to storyboarding, creating, and unpacking a new curriculum is applicable to all disciplines in multiple educational settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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