Teaching technology combined with sustainability

A sustainable education model

Using the concept of sustainability in the classroom, especially for children and young people, represents educating them for the present and preparing them for a better future. Robotics classes, using materials that would otherwise be discarded inappropriately, design thinking and UX Design, notions of electronics and engineering, prepare students to analyze problems and make more assertive decis

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Overview

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2019

Established

5K

Children

1

Countries

Target group

Students basic

Updated

September 2024

In addition to learning in various fields of science such as Electronics, robotics, physics, UX Design, engineering and arts, transforming children and young people into future citizens

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

To create a new teaching methodology that would meet sustainability

What does your innovation look like in practice?

One year after implementation, the results exceeded expectations: students demonstrated the ability to understand and create solutions to problems using resources that were already available, but were not used due to mere ignorance of the existence of a given problem and its possible solutions, which were often simple.

How has it been spreading?

We had problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the methodology is now being adopted by a large number of institutions in the municipality.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

Seek to understand a problem in your region, create a group and start implementing the study of Design Thinking and its application to solve the problem. The use of UX design techniques is valid. Teaching technologies using simple and easy-to-find materials and how the creation of this product can impact society

Implementation steps

Setting the goals

1. Explain the process to instructors
2. Identification of a problem that can be solved with the use of technology
3. Lesson planning: materials to be used.
4. Explain to students the objectives of implementing this methodology and what is expected of them.
5. Carrying out projects always linked to a problem situation.
6. Discuss what was done and how it could be improved. Make the student think critically.