This toolkit provides educators with strategies, tools, and materials to help students develop a repair mindset. It emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and problem-solving in developing student agency and addressing issues related to design and repair.
The toolkit includes pedagogy, teaching and learning strategies, tools, and classroom materials.
Go to — The Toolkit
Age — K - 12th grade (5 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free download (hardcopy available at cost)
Source — Agency by Design Oakland; Maker Ed, Berkeley, California, USA
Agency by Design - Oakland and Maker Ed published the Cultivating a Repair Mindset Toolkit. Created by educators for educators, the Toolkit is an extension of Maker-Centered Learning pedagogy, teaching and learning strategies, tools, and classroom materials (MCL was developed by Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero).
The Toolkit was designed to be used by teachers to help students develop a repair mindset: a way of approaching, thinking about and ultimately repairing what’s broken, including physical objects, relationships, and systems.
Culture of Repair Project Grantee
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