Entrepreneurship
Human-centred problem solving for the 21st century
Design Thinking is a core methodology at AWS, teaching students to solve problems by deeply understanding the needs of the people they're designing for. This human-centred approach develops empathy, creativity, and iterative thinking.
From elementary school through high school, students apply Design Thinking to academic projects, entrepreneurial ventures, and community challenges.
Five stages of human-centred innovation
Understanding the needs, experiences, and perspectives of the people you're designing for through observation and conversation.
Synthesising research into clear problem statements that focus the design challenge and guide ideation.
Generating a wide range of creative solutions through brainstorming, sketching, and collaborative thinking.
Building quick, low-fidelity representations of ideas to make them tangible and testable.
Gathering feedback on prototypes from real users, iterating based on insights, and refining solutions.
No! We apply Design Thinking across all subjects. Students use it in science experiments, literature analysis, social studies projects, and more — it's a universal problem-solving approach.
We introduce age-appropriate Design Thinking concepts from Early Years through simple activities like empathy mapping and creative problem-solving.
Experience the power of Design Thinking at American World School.