BALLARAT GRAMMAR
ACTIVATING AGENCY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION WITH 350 STUDENTS
CIC provided professional development prior to the launch of the program and four workshops at key points of the process. Teachers and students were provided with the CIC Social Innovators Curriculum and easy to follow resources (e.g. activity sheets, templates and videos). CIC brought relevant organisations in for the pitch event so that students presented to professionals with a genuine interest in their work.
CIC worked with BG educators and students to design a term long curriculum underpinned by CIC’s Social Innovation Process.
The CIC process consists of four phases:
Ballarat and Queen’s Anglican Grammar School (BG) has a rich pedagogy in their Year 9 program, using an inquiry-based approach. BG’s existing teen inquiry project taught students how to research topics, synthesise information, think critically, write literature reviews and present findings. CIC was engaged to help design and deliver a process that complemented the existing program and extended the learner from being a researcher into an inventor and creator.
All up, eight teachers supported young people on their CIC journey. Teachers observed that in seeking to position the students as social innovators, their role changed. Students were given increased freedom to take charge of their learning experience and to problem solve their way through the process. As they became familiar with the methodology and rhythm of the CIC process, teachers applied their expertise at key moments to help teams stretch their thinking and learning.
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