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 and 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! Ready to join the movement??
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Dr Howard Gardner on Design for Change
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Design for Change - Global Impact
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What is Design for Change
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Kiran has a message for all the superheroes!
HOW WE DO IT
Design For Change empowers student leadership by unleashing their
‘I CAN’ Superpower using the FIDS framework
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Feel
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Imagine
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Do
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Share
GET INSPIRED BY DFC STORIES
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CANTEEN FOR ALL (CHILE)
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LET ME FEEL YOUR FACE (TAIWAN)
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RESOLVING CONFLICTS (BRAZIL)
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TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE CHANGE POSSIBLE (SPAIN)
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TRASH BAND (INDIA)
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JUST FOR KICKS (INDIA)
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RESPONSE-ABILITY (INDIA)
TAKE IT TO YOUR CLASSROOM
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1 WEEK - TOOLKIT
The all inclusive and flexible challenge is the quickest way to unleash the 'I CAN' superpower in children. Download the toolkit and the one week support plan below and get started!
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DFC - 1 MONTH: THE CURRICULUM
The month long curriculum enables students to work with one another, to collaborate and to engage deeply, identify the real issues and concerns. The curriculum comes with a month long support plan, download and get started.
DOWNLOAD TOOLKIT & LESSON PLAN
TESTIMONIAL
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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
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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
Contact Us
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Kerri Bowers
Kerri Bowers
Champion
Kerri Bowers joined the Design for Change team in 2020. Kerri is an educational trainer and curriculum designer who has worked for the past 22 years to improve global competence in school systems around the world. After earning an MA in International Training and Education (ITEP) at The American University in 2004, she became a founding teacher for Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School in Washington, DC and was trained as a Literacy/Instructional Coach by the Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC). After spending many summers abroad with a Spanish-English dictionary in her backpack, she landed in Costa Rica. Here, now fluent in Spanish, she found the location to put her education, professional training, hands- on experience, and data analysis knowledge into practice. After conducting needs assessments and evaluations around Costa Rica, she developed curricula and founded Proyecto Montezuma –– a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and adventure school now with two campuses. In 2010, she was published in the local news publication, the TicoTimes, about her regional educational work. In 2015, she co-founded PUEDO School – a pre-K/primary school becoming Costa Rica’s premier online learning school. In 2016, Sony Pictures commissioned her to write her story and was published on Refinery29. Utilizing everything she has learned, she is equipped to share her knowledge and expertise as an educational consultant, trainer, and curriculum designer with the DFC Global team.