Design Thinking for Digital Well-being

Design Thinking for Digital Well-being empowers teacher educators/student teachers to teach pupils 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 well-being. 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, pedagogical and 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 well-being 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 onlineDesign Thinking for Digital Well-being 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 well-being.