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Sudhanshu Sharma

Towards Pedagogical Design Thinking: Exploring the Role of Scaffolding in Pre-Service Teachers' (PSTs) Development as Learning Designers

This research positions 'teaching as a designing work' and aims to conceptualize, design, and evaluate a scaffolding model that supports PSTs in applying Design Thinking (DT) to address authentic teaching-learning problems through the creation of pedagogical designs in the form of physical models and associated instructional activities.

A scaffolding framework for Design Thinking (DT) of PSTs is proposed that integrates two supports within the DT process: video-based noticing as a pedagogical scaffold for the Empathize and Define phases, and expert modeling as a design scaffold for the Ideate and Prototype phases.

Expected outcomes of this research include a research-informed Scaffolding Framework for Pedagogical Design Thinking for PSTs, empirical insights into novice-expert design differences, and evidence-based strategies to foster empathy, problem-framing, and creative learning design among PSSTs. These contributions aim to inform both theory and practice by reconceptualizing teacher noticing as a scaffold for design and a DT model tailored for pre-service teacher education.

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