Publication: Evoke - Developing Skills in Youth to Solve the World’s Most Complex Problems: The Social Innovators’ Framework
Date
2016
ISSN
Published
2016
Author(s)
Freeman, Barbara
Hawkins, Robert
Abstract
The Evoke project is designed to support
young people as they develop an understanding of these
complex challenges, acquire 21st century skills (e.g.,
creativity, collaboration, critical reflection),
socio-emotional skills (e.g., curiosity, empathy,
generosity), and gain the confidence to experiment,
collaborate, and create innovative solutions. The Social
Innovators’ Framework is unique in that it brings together
the fundamental principles and practices from the social
innovation and educational development fields in order to
create a multidisciplinary, structured, and active learning
experience that is project based and problem posing. The SIF
helps students understand the grand challenges and the lived
experiences of people in the community by providing an
educational model in which they can learn about the social
innovation cycle through research and from first-hand
experience in the field. The Social Innovators’ Framework”
is the first paper in this three-part series. In this paper,
we present the Social Innovators’ Framework. In the first
section of this paper, we provide an overview of the SIF and
the Evoke project. In the second section, then explain the
theoretical and empirical foundation that underpins the
framework and connects cognitive and socio-emotional skills
development to social innovation and social change. In the
final section of this paper, we outline the way in which the
SIF was designed, provide the detailed framework, and
describe how the framework has been developed as part of the
Evoke project. This includes: defining the skills,
describing how these skills are operationalized in
activities and measured using concrete evidence,
illustrating how skills are grouped into an integrated and
iterative project-based learning process, and articulating
the assessment approach.
Citation
“Freeman, Barbara; Hawkins, Robert. 2016. Evoke - Developing Skills in Youth to Solve the World’s Most Complex Problems: The Social Innovators’ Framework. World Bank Education, Technology and
Innovation : SABER-ICT technical paper series,no: 11;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26106 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”