Students need lifelong skills to build their problem-solving capabilities for better understanding of the world and themselves. Working through design lessons allows them to directly apply thinking strategies and learning about facts, figures, and concepts while they are crafting meaningful ideas about the influence and social implications of everyday items. "Design Education: Creating Thinkers to Improve the World" will engage teachers and students from all disciplines, while educating them about the role that the four categories of design (product, communication, environment, and interactive) have in improving life through social responsibility, and enhancing life and the creative economy. [Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield.]