{"id":45517,"date":"2018-10-03T13:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T20:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=45517"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:31:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T20:31:29","slug":"builders-of-possibilities-projects-that-give-students-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/builders-of-possibilities-projects-that-give-students-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Builders of possibilities: projects that give students confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a world that is changing at a fast pace under the increasing weight of technology, how to stay in the race and renew its know-how?\u00a0Let us rely on collective intelligence and develop teamwork, answer more and more institutions of higher education and companies.\u00a0That’s how Stanford was born in the 80’s,\u00a0design thinking<\/em><\/a>\u00a0, a problem-solving method that brings together expertise from a variety of backgrounds, from engineering to art, to management.<\/p>\n

The number of steps can vary, but in all cases, it is based on the needs of the people concerned.\u00a0Is the process transposable to the school world, where individual learning takes precedence?\u00a0In Ahmedabad, India,\u00a0Kiran Bir Sethi<\/a>\u00a0has shown that it is possible: with Device for Change, his students realize projects based on issues that affect them.\u00a0Driven by the Synlab teacher network, the\u00a0teacher network “Builders of possibilities”<\/a>\u00a0is the adaptation of this approach to the French school context.<\/p>\n

There are infinite variants to a “Builders” project as the theme and the context of the process may differ from one class to another.\u00a0For example, Sara Horte’s class in Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche tackled waste pollution, as shown by Judith Grumbach’s short film,\u00a0There is no age to change the world<\/em>\u00a0, released in 2018. The opportunity to focus on the benefits of teamwork.
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