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Integrated ACE

Integrated ACE. Math and Communications taught through Social Innovation projects. Introduction. Presenter: Darcie Brown Please share: Your name Something you did in the last week that used both communication and numeracy skills. Session Goals. Share course development process

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Integrated ACE

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  1. Integrated ACE Math and Communications taught through Social Innovation projects

  2. Introduction Presenter: Darcie Brown Please share: • Your name • Something you did in the last week that used both communication and numeracy skills

  3. Session Goals • Share course development process • The initial idea of integrating curricula • Social Innovation as a fit for the goals of colleges • The Course Outline and sample assessment • Generating ideas for integration and / or infusing social innovation, and for getting this going at your school

  4. About Academic Upgrading • AU is a tuition-free fulltime program for English-speaking adults looking to upgrade their Literacy and Numeracy skills for the purpose of further postsecondary study or employment. • Each course is 8-10 hours per week

  5. The learners • Average age of ~ 30 • Have encountered barriers to success in mainstream education • Special cohort: Women Transitioning to Trades and Employment

  6. project Development Why integrate courses?

  7. Project development • What courses to include? • Fit with AU’s schedule / student timetabling needs

  8. Project development • What topic would hold the course together? • Science curriculum • Effective student skills • Food • Learner-driven Social Innovation Projects / Work

  9. Social Innovation 1. Is an idea that works for the public good 2. Is informed by Gramsci’s critique of cultural hegemony and cultural capital: people with this power create culture in their own image, and social innovation is about disrupting this norm 3. Refers to the creation, development, adoption, and integration of new concepts, practices and strategies that put the planet first and result in positive social impacts  4. The success of a social innovation is measured by its durability, scale, and transformative impact (Wood, N., 2016)

  10. Examples of Social Innovation

  11. GBC’s Social innovation hub • Internships for Community Service programs • Students learn the theory and practice of social innovation • Emphasis on collaborative practice, effective communication and collective resilience • Students incubate and launch social innovation projects related to their programs of study

  12. Social Innovation Hub Projects Restorative Justice for Grade 6s Breathing Room – Stress Management The People’s University Cafe

  13. social innovation as college curriculum: My learning from the S.I. Hub • Flexibility!

  14. Social innovation as college curriculum Social Innovation is a means to disrupt hegemonic discourses, while using the language and tools of the business world.

  15. Social innovation as college curriculum The need for a different relationship to ‘failure’:

  16. Social innovation as college curriculum Rethinking resilience: Beyond individual adaptability to change, resilience can be one’s ability to be a supportive member of a collective experiencing change.

  17. Social innovation as college curriculum My role as a teacher is neither micromanage nor to step back completely: it is to inspire, and connect the students’ interests and questions to the related theoretical and historical background.

  18. Social innovation as college curriculum Learners really shone as leaders and supporters

  19. Social Innovation and the goals of college education • Connects the business and social service worlds • Response to the neoliberalism of current public policy which centers the individual as a ‘free’ actor in a capitalist market • Social Innovation as a work-integrated learning opportunity (HEQCO 2016): • Creative • Self-directed but still rich in theory • Provides opportunities for leadership

  20. Social innovation work and employability A ‘more just’ way to do employability • Names inequities of systems, and focuses on addressing them in real ways • Is not focused on individual responsibility for success

  21. project based, experiential learning • Separating ‘subjects’ into silos lacks authenticity • To progress in the work world, synthesizing skills are necessary

  22. The course outline • The outcomes remain the same • Additions: • Evaluation system: list of assessments • Introductory paragraph

  23. A sample week

  24. The pitch! • An idea for either an integration of content or infusion of social innovation to your teaching (or an idea that’s both!) • How would you pitch this idea to someone who would be involved? • Describe your idea – include an exciting project output that goes beyond your department • Why would this be a beneficial learning opportunity for your students in particular? • How will you get started?

  25. Thank you, and keep in touch! Darcie.brown@georgebrown.ca

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