WHAT IS DESIGN FOR CHANGE?
Design for Change (DFC) is a global movement that cultivates the ‘I CAN’ mindset in every child. This ‘I Can’ spirit empowers children and gives them an opportunity to express their own ideas for a better world and put them into action.
Design for Change was born out of the conviction that children are not helpless, that change is possible the belief that they can drive it. Through a simple design process of Feel-Imagine-Do-Share (FIDS for KIDS), children are designing solutions for some of the worlds greatest challenges!
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HOW WE DO IT
Design For Change empowers student leadership by unleashing their ‘I CAN’ Superpower using the four-step FIDS framework.
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FEEL
This step starts with defining the problem by first understanding the situation before solving it. This stage allows for empathy to be developed, a necessity for project success.
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IMAGINE
This step involves brainstorming solutions to improve, enrich and change the user experience. This stage is crucial for developing ethics and a mindset that helps drive the belief that change is possible and that children can drive it.
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DO
This step is about a creative agency and the ability to take timely action. This stage develops excellence. The focus on detail results in the desired ‘impact’ and improves the ‘quality’ of the experience.
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SHARE
This final step cultivates the abundance mentality and develops elevation Inherent in this step is the belief that the 'I CAN' spirit offers hope and inspiration for further change.
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You can empower student leaders in your classroom by using the 4-step FIDS process
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I CAN TOOLKIT
This all-inclusive and flexible toolkit provides you with instructions to the quickest way to unleash the 'I CAN' superpower in children. Get the toolkit and get started!
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TEACHER'S GUIDE
The teacher’s guide is a support plan for the teacher to guide the students as they work with one another and engage deeply with the real issues and concerns they have identified. Get the guide and get started!
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LESSON PLANS
The I CAN lesson plans are global stories that offer a menu of possibilities to teach ‘real world’ projects in your classroom. Make these stories your own and create yours with a view to foster the “I can” mindset in your classroom.
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Design For Change is a four-step process: FEEL, IMAGINE, DO and SHARE (FIDS) to make every child graduate with the I CAN mindset. The Design For Change Kenya toolkit takes you through the process and methods.
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Design for Change has identified 10 Global Goals for Sustainable development (SDGs). These selected goals are in strong alignment with the "I CAN" stories of change and are most material in terms of the positive impact of these stories on society.
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After completing your solution, share your journey of change with us.
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DFC STORIES
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By children world-over
DFC participants get to share their story and inspire others, joining the best minds from around the globe. With 31,000+ submitted stories, and counting, children are dreaming up brilliant ideas all over the world, from innovation to art, environment to health!
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TESTIMONIAL
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"Design for Change (DFC) is one of the most exciting and important educational programs that I know of, with the potential for impact in numerous countries around the globe....Our first wave of studies documents clear improvements in student empathy as well as challenges in enhancing problem solving abilities....DFC provides a valuable model for a wide range of educational innovations"
Dr. Howard Gardner Harvard Graduate School of Education
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"Design for Change helps teachers empower student leadership. Students, as well as teachers, grow as leaders by using the 'FIDS' framework. Their research has proven that cultivating in students these and other twenty-first century skills and social competencies (such as teamwork) has an impact on students’ academic results, develops fundamental character traits, and creates better employment skills for our students."
Wendy Kopp CEO & Co-Founder of Teach For All
