Social Innovation Action Programme: Junior Cycle

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Social Innovation Action Programme: Junior Cycle
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Programme Content

The Junior Action Programme is an engaging 4-Part programme. All parts are supported with online downloadable classroom activities to facilitate student learning.

Programme Part Description
Part 1: Introducing Social Innovation Students encounter the social innovators taking on the challenges facing our world today in creative ways and are introduced to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Part 2: Designing for Change Students think about human-centred design and explore values such as equality, sustainability and human rights.
Part 3: Exploring Our Community Students examine social issues which affect their own community through the process of mapping.
Part 4: Ready, Steady, Innovate! Using what they've learned, teams carry out an Action Project and reflect on the positive impact they've made.

Each part of the programme is supported with easy to use, downloadable resources and classroom activities that educators can select and use depending on the needs of the team.