Based on this article, “Design Thinking and the Deskless Classroom”, design thinking provides authentic learning.
This design approach and physical environment explored by The Third Teacher Book that focuses on the belief that students learn best when brainstorming, working on project with peers, learning from their peers, designing prototypes, and interacting with the real world.
Children are active participants, not passive recipients in the process of learning, therefore offering children a more active role in the classroom environment.
It also explains design thinking steps: Create empathy, ideate, prototype, and test, build, and the story.