La accesibilidad universal y el dise??o para todas las personas factor clave para la inclusi??n social desde el design thinking curricular

Resumen en ingl??s

Design Thinking en las aulas

Resumen tomado de la publicaci??n.

Generalization in chess thinking

Resumen basado en el de la publicaci??n

Design thinking : el futuro de la educaci??n, una nueva forma de trabajo

Se pone en com??n un modelo de pensamiento e innovaci??n, denominado Design Thinking, usado por las grandes empresas y negocios del siglo XXI, cercano al campo del marketing, de la econom??a o la ingenier??a. Se plantea el aprovechamiento de este modelo de trabajo, en el campo de la educaci??n, que permite resolver cuestiones importantes con soluciones reales y adaptadas a las necesidades de la comunidad educativa en general. As??, si hacemos uso de esta nueva metodolog??a podremos resolver, por ejemplo, cuestiones relacionadas con la dinamizaci??n de la biblioteca de un centro, sin hacer uso de soluciones tradicionales.

ARX, model thinking: taxonomy and operativity of an architectural process

The purpose of this work was to establish a taxonomy of hand made model construction as a platform for an approach to project an operative method in architecture. It was therefore studied and catalogued in a systematic approach a broad model production in the work of ARX. A wide range of families and sub-families of models were found, with different purposes according to each phase of development, from searching steps for a new possible configuration to detailed refined decisions. This working method revealed as most relevant characteristics, the grounds for a potential personal reflection and open discussion on project method, its flexibility on space modeling, an accuracy on the representation of real construction situations and its constant and stimulating opening to new suggestions. This research helped on a meta-reflection about this method, having been useful on creating a consciousness of processes that pretend to become an autonomous language, knowledge that might become useful to those who pretend to implement a haptic modus operandi in the work of an architectural project.

Age and flexible thinking: an experimental demonstration of the beneficial effects of increased cognitively stimulating activity on fluid intelligence in healthy older adults

The disuse hypothesis of cognitive aging attributes decrements in fluid intelligence in older adults to reduced cognitively stimulating activity. This study experimentally tested the hypothesis that a period of increased mentally stimulating activities thus would enhance older adults' fluid intelligence performance. Participants (N = 44, mean age 67.82) were administered pre- and post-test measures, including the fluid intelligence measure, Cattell's Culture Fair (CCF) test. Experimental participants engaged in diverse, novel, mentally stimulating activities for 10-12 weeks and were compared to a control condition. Results supported the hypothesis; the experimental group showed greater pre- to post-CCF gain than did controls (effect size d = 0.56), with a similar gain on a spatial-perceptual task (WAIS-R Blocks). Even brief periods of increased cognitive stimulation can improve older adults' problem solving and flexible thinking.