Within the framework of our missions, we support the ITEP teams in integrating the challenges of this evolution. The idea was to use a playful method that allowed medical and social workers to think how the regulatory changes would affect their organization. “Boxes for NGOs" is a prototyping method based on the expression of staff members’ representations of what their organization’s missions are and the building of a common representations of future. We also use this method with other NGOs to reflect on their strategy, their activities or with consortia to reflect on solutions to community needs.
How are citizens/learner engaged? The method is based on the active participation of all participants. Divided into groups of a size that favours exchanges (5 to 6 people), different stages are proposed to support the collective construction: listening to the different points of view, exchanges, construction of the prototype by relying on the creativity and skills of the different members of the group.
Pedagogic /methodological aspects The practice work in 3 steps. 1/ The group exchanges base on questions grid: 1 time of individual and collective reflection 2/ The group builds a physical representation with different materials (boxes, threads, postit, stickers…): 1 time to produce a prototype 3/ The group presents their collective physical representation: 1 time to present their prototype and 1 critical return time from other participants
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Collective reflection, Low-cost approach, Each one brings something to the approach,
Organization and country: IpsoFacto, France Target group: social workers Age group: Every Age Context / Learning environment: Training and organization accompaniment Formal or non-formal education References, Link to the practices: www.ipsofacto-co.fr
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This allows each person to express his or her point of view and obliges others to hear it as follows, Everyone expresses their creativity and their manual and design skills.
Weakness
Participants may lack confidence in their creativity and skills.
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Hear the representations of everyone, whatever their function Getting to know each person's skills. Makes the representation of the organization concrete and visual
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Commitment deficit People's behavior: managing conflicts, controversies (not taking them into account), …
Which aspects are transferable? The whole practice is transferable. The element to be adapted is the questions grid to support the individual and collective exchanges before the prototyping.
What kind of change is created? This approach motivates participation of medical and social workers in the modification and improvement of their organization: the conditions of support for children and young people are more adapted to their needs. They are engaged and involved in the changes to implement. .
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