Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 02 (Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 3300

SESSION GUIDE

Title of the Session

Online Regional Upskilling of Key Stage 1 Teachers in Design Thinking and Mathematics
and Science
Duration, Date & 1 hour or 60 minutes
Venue November 26, 2022
MS TEAM PLATFORM
Target Participants 1- 64 Mathematics & Science Teachers 1 Regional Director 1Regional CLMD 2 Regional EPS
& Profile 21 Facilitators 10 Speakers 8 Division EPS Math 8 Division EPS Science

Objectives

Terminal Objective
This session aims to upskill the knowledge of Key Stage 1 Teachers in Design Thinking and Mathematics and Science.
Enabling Objectives 1. To define empathy.
2. To explain the concepts of empathy using example.
3. To relate the concept of empathy to classroom situations.
Key
Understanding/Input Strategies/ Approaches are also known as instructional strategies that teachers use to deliver course material in ways that keep learners
engaged and practicing skill sets

References
Objective/s Key Methodology/Procedure Materials Time
Understanding Allotment

Introduction
Laptop, Bond
Strategies / Say: Paper,Television
Approaches in
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Teaching in the New Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the first day of Online Regional Video. Powerpoint 2 minutes
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Upskilling of Key Stage 1 Teachers in Design Thinking and Mathematics and
Science.
Today’s session is all about Empathize, the first stage in Design Thinking in K-3
Science and Mathematics Teaching
To achieve this, we have the following enabling objectives:
1. To define empathy.
2. To explain the concepts of empathy using examples
3. 3. To relate the concept of empathy to classroom situations.
3 minutes
Motivation/Priming Activity
To prepare everyone’s staying and activating power, let’s have this priming activity:

Priming Activity: Feel these Pictures

1. Say “What should you do if see a polar bear in an iceberg?

2. What emotions do polar bear feels?

LECTURE PROPER / ONLINE

Please refer to the facilitator’s slides. 10
To have more participative interactions, the facilitator will ask questions to be minutes
answered by the participants.

Q: Do you know your level of your empathy?

A: This refers to the numerical and descriptive level of empathy based on your
personal perceptions in the different situations presented using the following scale,

Never =0
Not sure =1
Sometimes = 2
Often =3
Very often = 4
Always =5
After answering all the questions using the above scale add the total number of
points then see the attach interpretation to find out the level of one’s empathy.
For example, if you scored 80-100, you are a person with very high empathy,
if you scored 60-80, you are a person with high empathy,
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 if you scored 35-59, you are a person with average empathy,
if you scored 15-34, you are a person with a low empathy,
if you scored 0-14, you are a person with very low empathy. 5 minutes

Q: What is empathize?
A:It is to understand and share the feelings of another
Q: What are examples of empathy?
A: Empathy is our ability to….
a. See the world through other people’s eyes.
b. To see what they see.
c. To feel what they feel.
d. To experience things as they do.

None of us can fully experience things the way someone else does, but we can attempt to get as close
as possible, and we do this by putting aside our own preconceived ideas and choosing to understand the
ideas, thoughts, and needs of others instead

Q: What is human-centered design?

A: Human centered design focusses in the deep understanding of the problems and
realties of people whom we are designing for.
(Refer to ppt slide number 26.)

Q: What is the goal of empathy?

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Q: How to be an empathic designer?
A:As an empathic designer it is your goal to gain gain an empathic understanding of
the people you’re designing for and the problem you are trying to solve.

Q: What is the most important factor to consider in design thinking, empathize?

A: Assuming a Beginner’s Mindset

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 Q: Why is google class product classified as Designed Without
Empathy?
A: It is not a human-centered product design.
Q: Why is embrace warmer product classified as Designed
Empathy?
A:
Answering of
Questions from
the participants

Q: What is the relationship of Origami in design thinking in empathy?

A: Origami is the ancient art of paper folding, it has applications in the modern
classroom for teaching geometry, thinking skills, fractions, problem solving and fun
science. I t provides both mental and physical stimulus with exercise. Use of hands
stimulates areas of the brain, improving short term memory. It offers a calming and 15
relaxing effect by following simple step by step process which can be repeated and minutes
taught again and again until success is achieved.

Participants will follow the step-by-step instructions in paper folding.

Q: How did you find the activity? Easy? Difficult?

A: Answers may vary

Following the Q: When can you consider a learning task is hard?

step by step A: When learning is harder, it’s stronger and last longer. The reason why learning
hard is more effective, it is because it requires effort. When learning task is easy it is
instructions
easily forgotten

Q: When can you consider a learning task is boredom and anxious?

A. When the learning tasks is too hard, the learners may feel frustrated and
anxious and when it’s too easy the learners feel boredom and anxious.

Q: What is empathy vs Sympathy?

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 A: Empathy is our ability to understand how someone feels while Sympathy is more of
a feeling of pity for another person.
(See ppt slide number 48-50)

Q: What are the qualities of an empathic observer?

A: The qualities of an empathic observer:

a. Abandon your ego
b. Adopt humility.
c. Be a good listener. 10
d. Hone your observation skills minutes
e. Care
f. Be curious
g. Be sincere.

Q: What are the 3 methods of gaining empathic understanding?

A: What, How, and Why method.

Interview with empathy is directly talking to the person to understand his needs

Q: What are the needs and problems in the classroom in teaching Science and
Mathematics subjects?
A: (Participants will determine the needs and problems encountered based on their
personal experience.)

Q: What is an empathy map?

A: An empathy map is a collaborative tool teams can use to gain deeper insight into
their learners. It is a tool that simply help us build empathy with our end users, our
learners.

Q: What are the important factors to consider in making an empathy map? 5 minutes

Answering of A: The speaker will present the questions for reflection as a prior activity in crafting
Questions from the empathy map.
the participants
Q: What are the different parts of an empathy map?
A: The speaker will show a model of empathy map.
(See ppt slide number 62.)
Q: What are the learning insights You’ve gained from the session?
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 A: Empathy allows us to truly understand and uncover the latent needs and
emotions of the people we are designing for.
Designing with empathy results to deeply human-centered products /services.
(Google glass vs Embrace warmer)
Everybody can master empathy and become a great design thinker because we are ALL
innately empathetic.

And to formally end my topic, let me share with you this famous quote from
Barack Obama

Thank you for listening

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