Demarginalizing Design: Elevating Equity for Real World Problem Solving

by Dee Lanier

This book supports educators as they solve challenges of educational inequity through the lens of design thinking.

The goal of this book is to demystify equity work and provide perspective for educators to solve real-world problems with the most marginalized in their midst as co-designers for a better future. Cultural and educational narratives are changing, and educators are at the forefront of this change. Teachers and school leaders need a way to engage students and staff in shifting long-ingrained beliefs, empower them to overcome culturally biased narratives, and embed the type of problem-solving mindset that will build a more equitable future for all.

This book will challenge you to get out of the pages and into the margins. There you will find what it means to design with and for equity. This is not a design thinking book. This is a think like a designer book. This is Demarginalizing Design.

Genres: Design

166 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 9, 2022

Reviews

[Tricia Friedman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal, inspiring, cover to cover: full of wisdom

[Erin McDonnell-Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this book has a strong appeal to ethos and attempts a call to action, there are not many actionable steps described in the text, nor many specific examples from his career in education (but lots of anecdotes regarding his public speaking career). He even states in the conclusion, “yes, I am aware that I am still not fully explaining exactly what Solve in Time!™️ is, and that is by design” (143).