How We Designed a Strategy for High-Quality STEM Learning using Roger Martin's Approach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwHekggV_OU Change is formidable, especially in schools with deep heritage. Last year, I had the privilege of leading the Technology, Computer Science, and Robotics (TCR) curriculum review. Our goal? To move from our current state to an "ideal state" of high-quality STEM learning. To guide this process, I looked to IDEO for their design thinking approach and strategy advisor Roger Martin , who defines strategy as “a set of choices that you can make today, in the face of uncertainty, in order to increase the likelihood that you will win now, and into the future.” Here is the journey our team took to design strategies with intention, rigor, and creativity. 1. Defining the Ideal State We started by asking: What does it mean to "win" in our context? Through literature reviews and team brainstorming, two key themes emerged: Authentic Application and Interdisciplinary Learning . This pointed us directly to a STEM approach —...