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CBSE DT & I Curriculum for Class 11

DESIGN THINKING AND INNOVATION
(SUBJECT CODE 848)

CLASS-XI
Total Marks: 100 (Theory-50 + Practical-50)

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

The overall vision of the DT&I curriculum is to be able to instill the following in the students:

Students should be able to explore their sensory abilities, cognitive abilities, and social abilities.
It should create awareness in the students through observation, discovery, analysis, experience,
collaboration, and reflection.
It should nurture their curiosity and enhance their explorative abilities.

It should foster creativity and innovation in students.
The students should be able to identify problems and be able to find solutions.

They should be able to apply design thinking processes and methods to solve various problems.
They should be able to learn the fundamentals/essentials of the creative design discipline.

The focus is more on hands-on knowledge learned by doing, exploring and acting upon challenges
discovered within their surroundings.

In addition, DT&I will promote socially responsible practice through enlightening the students with ways to
solve problems within the Sustainable Development Goals as mentioned by the United Nations.
The course will also help students derive a culturally-rooted understanding of design from information
documented under the Indian Knowledge Systems.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students should be able to do the following after taking the DT&I modules:
1. The students will enhance their observation skills and build empathy for issues and problems concerning
users and our environment.
2. The students will improve their communication skills to be able to make presentations and defend their
ideas and thinking with confidence.

3. This curriculum will bring in sensitivity to various aspects of design.
4. The students will be able to identify potential problems and be able to understand and analyse them.

5. The students will learn to explore creative innovative alternatives as possible solutions.
6. The students will learn how to create solution scenarios, make mock-ups and build prototypes.

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