“How Might We … Build a Culture of Repair?”

This program is designed to empower youth to be active agents of ethical and resilient change in their communities through learning care & repair.

Lesson plans for seven-module program in which students engage with the question: “How might we build a Culture of Repair?”

Access — Toolkit

Age — Australian Teaching Levels 7 - 12 (13 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free


Source — Design Minds - State Library of Queensland, Pimpama State Secondary College and
Relative Creative, a design firm in Australia

“By hacking, making, repairing and recycling discarded, broken and superseded things, students gain a deeper understanding of the processes that go into manufacturing and industrial design and are encouraged to reflect on the sustainability of current manufacturing process.”

Discussion; limited hands-on repair
Seven stages, 35 minutes each, Free downloadable pdf

Note from CRP: I prefer linking to others’ projects to providing materials directly. However, the earlier link to the Toolkit (Library of Queensland) currently (September 2024) leads to “Page Not Found”. I’ve linked to a previously downloaded pdf hosted on this website, pending finding an operative link to the project’s home. A short paper by the Toolkit authors describing the project is here: Paper. I’ve reached out to authors at Relative Creative, hoping to reestablish a link to the Toolkit in their library of design resources, but have not received a response.

These materials are unrelated to The Culture of Repair Project.


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