Sustainability, deep learning, and diversity
This article discusses a project in which the Diversity Icebreaker was used with junior high school pupils working in groups to solve a sustainability challenge. The groups were set up with varying degrees of diversity with regards to their Red, Blue, and Green preferences.
In addition to proposing a solution to a sustainability challenge, the objective was to promote deep learning on both individual and interpersonal level among the participants. The project received support from Innovation Norway as a research endeavor testing various pedagogical methods related to the Diversity Icebreaker and evaluating their efficacy by looking at the groups’ processes as the indicator of success.
Reference: Ekelund, B.Z. & Mjaugeto, T. (2021) Sustainability, deep learning, and diversity. Learning report from junior high school (in Norwegian). Unpublished, in progress.
NOTE: This article is in Norwegian.
