Seeing Before Coding, Doodling Before Doing: How Teaching Data Visualisation Transforms the Way Students Think

This chapter focuses on a data visualization course that encourages students to sketch and doodle. The approach described in this chapter nurtures critical thinking and creativity, urging students to conceptualize data visually before coding - a crucial skill in an AI-driven world.

This chapter is for educators who are interested in teaching data visualisation as a challenging and creative activity that requires engagement and real-world thinking rather than code output.