There is a growing concern in general Education with developing an acceptance of the complexity of real-life situations, without reducing it, synthesizing it or exempting it from its contradictions. In this context, the idea of preparing students to be competent problem solvers is recurring in documents about the new of goals of contemporary Education, especially in the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) framework, where it symbolizes the capacity of using multiple understandings to deal with reality. Considering that the concept of problem solving is still interpreted in very unequal ways, this dissertation intends to explore possible contributions from the field of Design to Education in the sense of bringing new perspectives to its role in students’ capacity of grasping the complexity of the world, as described by Morin. In order to accomplish that, a trajectory of epistemological and methodological discussions that question the congruence of the terms problem and solution with Design education and practice has been traced, from Simon to Coyne and Findeli, passing by Rittel AND Webber, Schön and Buchanan. Interviews with teachers who work in general Education and studied Design were also conducted as a way to engage ourselves in a dialogue from which concepts and connections about how Design thinking can contribute to the educational field could emerge. We understand that, because of its plural cultural dimension, the context of motivations and proclivities from Design favors the transcendence of dichotomies and the understanding of the fundamental aspect of complexity.