FDN016 introduction week 1 vfinal

1. FDN016
Changemaker Skills
• To develop an awareness of how to identify problem
situations, select and justify approaches from a range of
predefined and self-generated solutions
• To explore relevant real-world issues that impact on the
chosen subject area and identify aspects that could be
improved
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2. What Changemaker skills does
Greta Thunberg demonstrate?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9KxE4Kv9A8 watch her speech to the UN here
https://www.standar
d.co.uk/news/world/
greta-thunberg-
jokes-shell-swap-
climate-thing-for-
music-after-speech-
is-given-death-
metal-makeover-
a4249481.html
[Accessed 3/10/19

3. We’ve been here before, in 1992
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJGuIZVfLM Watch her UN speech to the Rio
de Janeiro speech here. This inspired me to enter into the field of environmental
changemaking. Did she succeed? Well, find out about fixing the hole in the ozone
layer

4. Welcome to FDN016
• 40 credit, double sized module
• 6 different groups of students
• 1 lecturer, 4 tutors, 170 students
• Deepak, Kirsty, Elizabeth, and Vicki
• 2 contact points per week: 1x2hr ‘lecture’ & 1x2hr
assessment workshop.
• Approximately 10 hours per week of your own
study time
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5. First Week
• Introductions
• Assignments
• Accessing NILE, register
• Navigating the resources
• Saying hello on NILE Journal
• Checking timetable and rooms
• Getting started with the social problem
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6. Assessment
• PS1 20%
• Presentation to your team on social & environmental
issues that you have encountered before.
• Starts next week, complete by mid Nov.
• AS1 80%
• 5 Journals describing in detail your investigation into
the social/environmental problem through the phases
• Starts now, runs to March
• Deadlines in the NILE site under Assessment
Information
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7. Structure of Module
• A: IDENTIFY that there may be a problem,
• B: PLAN an investigation,
• C: COLLECT the evidence,
• D: ANALYSE the evidence,
• E: PROPOSE your solution.
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8. Workbook to guide you
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9. Overall scheme
• Phase, Tasks  Journal
• For example Phase A Identifying the Problem
• Task A4 Learning from others: Read the Journal A of
two other participants
• Write up in Journal A. Journal A has 4 Tasks to
complete.
• Tim will provide a two hour briefing for the students on
the Tasks for each Journal.
• Tutors will then help you clarify what is needed to be
done and to understand what quality looks like
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10. Let’s look at NILE
• Registers, and then
• Logon, please
• Find:
1. This presentation on Module Materials
2. The Journals where you can say Hello in the
Introductions journal, and
3. The Reading Materials website
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11. These are everyone’s classes
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12. Scheme of Work
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Dates and WeekWeek commencing Events Briefing Workshop (2hrs) Assessment Workshop (2hrs) Home work
1 30th Sept TC 1.Introductions Task A1. Initial Literature review PS1 ppt preparation
2 2nd October
TC 2. Introduction to CM & social
innovation: PS1 ppt preparation PS1 ppt preparation
3 14th October Present PS1 Present PS1 PS1 ppt preparation
4 21st October Present PS1 Present PS1 PS1 ppt preparation
5 28th October Present PS1 Present PS1
6 4th November PS1 deadline
TC 3. Developing a 'root definition;
literature & definition Task A3. Working Definition Task A2. Record your own experienc
7 11th November CAIeRO on Tues TC 4. Planning Workload, Diaries Task B5. Planning Workload Task A4. Learning from others
8 18th November TC 5. Survey design & test Task B6 Designing surveys
9 25th November TC 6. Interview design Task B7 Designing Interviews
1 2nd December
TC 7. Observation & experiential data-
empathy maps Task B8 Empathy Mapping Task B9 Helping others
2 9th December Task C10 Collecting Surveys Task C10 Collecting Surveys Task C10 Collecting Surveys
VACATION
3 6th January Task C11 Collecting interviews Task C11 Collecting interviews Task C11 Collecting interviews
4 13th January FDN Staff feedback day
TC 8. Starting with Toast: intro to systems
analysis Task D12 Returning to Literature
5 20th January TC 9. Thinking about interviews Task D13 Mapping your learning Task E16 Inspiration from others
6 27th January Changing Futures Week Changing Futures Week Changing Futures Week
7 3rd February TC 10. Thinking about data, excel and stats Task D14 Ideas from others.
8 10th February
TC 11. Bringing it all together: systems
diagrams & root cause analysis Task E15 Solutions in Literature
9 17th February TC 12. Venture canvas trial Task E17 Proposing a solution.

13. TIM CURTIS
Contact me via email: tim.curtis@northampton.ac.uk
Monday: teaching until 4pm, then emails
Tues: admin in morning, teaching all afternoon
Wed: teaching in morning, staff meetings in afternoon
Thurs: available for appointments until class at 4pm
Fri: Not working
Who am I?
BA Geography 1992 and LLM Environmental Law 1994
15 years international industry and community development experience as an
environmental lawyer.
10 years at UoN teaching social enterprise, community development and now FDN
Co-founder of the ‘Changemaker’ initiative across the whole University
PhD being written up; on social innovation in neighbourhood policing
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14. Who do you THINK I am?
• Post-it notes
• From what you have seen and heard so far, what
background do you ‘think’ I have?
• Now have a look at my ‘digital footprint’
• What have you learnt from that?
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15. Telling my own story
• Privilege
• White
• Male
• Heterosexual
• British
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16. 16
The B grade student
Very poor background
Only one from family to go to uni
Poor education
Didn’t know how to make the best
of uni education
I was never shown what an A grade
piece of work looked like
This is what makes me
passionate
…….
Our mission in FDN is to help you
understand how learn the hidden
rules of university success
To fail, to fail safely, to learn from
the failure, to improve and then
succeed

17. What is your story?
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For more information about this Johari Window, read
https://www.selfawareness.org.uk/news/understanding-the-johari-window-model

18. So what’s next?
•A: IDENTIFY that there may be a
problem,
• B: PLAN an investigation,
• C: COLLECT the evidence,
• D: ANALYSE the evidence,
• E: PROPOSE your solution.
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23. To work on in the assessment
workshop and write-up at home
• Task A1. Initial literature review: Undertake an
initial search in the library for textbooks and in the
online journals system called NELSON for academic
journal papers on your chosen social problem.
Make a note in your journal of the top ten most
relevant articles and books you find. Explain why
you have selected them, and write a short
summary of what you have learnt from reading
each one. Why are these in your top ten? Record
your other investigations into your social problem,
showing links to any websites, journal papers,
reports, surveys relevant to the problem
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