TY - JOUR AU - Treavor Bogard PY - 2016/04/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - "Designerly" Ways of Reading: Insights From Reader Response in Drama for Enriching the "A" in Language Arts JF - LEARNing Landscapes JA - LL VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.36510/learnland.v9i2.765 UR - https://learninglandscapes.ca/index.php/learnland/article/view/Designerly-Ways-of-Reading-Insights-From-Reader-Response-in-Drama-for-Enriching-the-A-in-Language-Arts AB - In this interpretive case study of reader response in drama, a drama troupe is the context for illuminating how young actors read in "designerly" ways; that is, how their reading processes facilitated constructive, solution-focused thinking in their development of characterizations. By examining the nature of reader response in the drama troupe, I hope to help educators understand how design thinking occurred as an aesthetic reading practice and consider ways in which design thinking can be cultivated in the language arts classroom. I argue that design thinking inspires the young to engage the imagination, practice teamwork, and take risks as they work to make their visions real. Perhaps most importantly, I contend that design thinking can help prepare the young for facing complex and highly ambiguous problems characteristic of 21st century participatory cultures. ER -