"Design for Change (DFC) is one of the most exciting and important educational programs that I know of, with the potential for impact in numerous countries around the globe. Our first wave of studies documents clear improvements in student empathy as well as challenges in enhancing problem solving abilities. DFC provides a valuable model for a wide range of educational innovations."
Findings
- The curriculum has been able to increase average student empathetic ability.
- Under Empathy, every single sub skill showed a statistically significant change. - Students improvedin their ability to design interventions that keep the stakeholder in the center.