Make It Work!
Two Teaching Packs on Repair and Sustainability
for 10-12 Year Olds & for 14-18 Year Olds
Published by Djapo in collaboration with Sharepair, these two teaching packs link repair with sustainability by way of repairing electrical and electronic devices.
This excellent material is turnkey for the classroom.
The education packs offer learning outcomes, materials required, planning support, lesson plans, and activity pages, as well as background didactic materials. They are based on the United Nation’s vision of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and are informed by the Council of the European Union’s Key Competencies for Lifelong Learning.
The teaching pack for 14-18 year olds is 87 pages in length, the pack for 10-12 year olds is 57. Limited hands-on.
Both are available for download at no cost on the Djapo website. (See licensing terms at the bottom of this page.)
“Make It Work!” for 10-12 year olds
”Make It Work!” for 14-18 year olds
Also available in Dutch and French
(see options under “Did you know” in the green large box)
About the Education Pack for 14-18 Year Olds:
“Repairing electrical and electronic devices and thereby extending their lifespan makes you part of the circular economy. It is an effective way to contribute to a more sustainable future. This educational pack is presented to you by Djapo and Sharepair to raise awareness about this issue among children and adolescents and help them recognize opportunities to repair devices in their daily lives. We want to encourage students to become committed to choosing repair, both at school and beyond.”
“The teaching pack comprises five modules that can be used to teach a course of at least five class hours. You can also use the modules separately for a shorter course, or in a different order if that is more appropriate to the teaching context and the students’ assessed attention spans. For example, you may prefer to have the students engage in an action-oriented, tangible activity first to stimulate them, and reserve the in-depth exploration of or inquiry into the problem for later.”
”Every module contains aids for preparing the lesson, including critical thinking questions, sample answers, appendices (maps, images, articles, videos etc.), detailed alternative options and tips. Every module has a different focus and different learning goals, which all have as their common goal that students understand how their choices regarding the production, consumption and repair of electrical and electronic devices can contribute to a more circular economy.”
“[The introductory document contains] background information … intended for you as a teacher, and helps you to prepare the lessons. It familiarizes you with the basic principles of electrical and electronic repair by giving you the what, why and how. The first part introduces the wider concepts of sustainability and the circular economy, and then focuses on repairing electrical and electronic devices. The second part covers Education for Sustainable Development and the didactic principles that underlie the pack’s teaching materials. It clarifies the modular structure of the teaching pack and the intended learning process behind the steps required to engage students.”
Introductory Document
Content-Related and Didactic Information
Module 1: Exploratory
Stimulus And Awareness
Module 2: Exploratory
Perspectives, Opinions And Emotions
Module 3: Investigative
Research Skills
Module 4: Investigative
Underlying Causes And Leverage Points
Module 5: Action-Oriented
Possible Actions
About the Education Pack for 10-12 Year Olds:
These age-appropriate materials are comparable to the pack for older students.
Note: This material was developed and published by Djapo, a company located in Leuven, Belgium that develops educational material on sustainability topics. The education packs are copyrighted and offered for use free of charge under the terms of its licensing agreement. (Information at the bottom of this page.)
The teaching pack was created in the context of the European Sharepair project and was commissioned by the City of Leuven, Apeldoorn and Roeselare, in cooperation with Repair&Share and Maakbaar Leuven with the support of the Flemish government. Sharepair is an EU-funded project aimed at scaling up citizen repair.
Download the Education Packs
“Make It Work!” education packs are offered at no cost by Djapo and may be used under the terms of the licensing agreement (see below).
“Make It Work!” for 10-12 year olds
”Make It Work!” for 14-18 year olds
Also available in Dutch and French
(see options under “Did you know” in the green large box)
The Gist of the License Agreement:
The materials are copyrighted. Djapo owns the intellectual rights to the theory and methods used in the materials. The materials may be used free of charge; however, users may not publish the methods in materials other than the ‘Make it work!’ PDF’s. Educators may use and adapt the methods, but publishing their adapted version is prohibited.