In this episode of The Regenerative Education Podcast I chat with Jens Gijbels, director of the FundamentalsAcademy and WeAreFundamentals. Jens is powered by a mission to redesign education for meaningful and purposeful participation in the grand challenges of our times. In this conversations we discuss how they bring this into practice in collaboration at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences where he with his team leads the 30 ECTS Co-Design Studio minor. Jens makes a passionate case for a more transformative and curiosity-based education that uses design and redesign to intentionally change the systems around us. He also stresses that this form of education can and should be fun.
In this discussion the following systemic barriers and opportunities emerged:
External Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensgijbels/?originalSubdomain=nl
https://www.fundamentalsacademy.nl/team
In this episode of The Regenerative Education Podcast I chat with Jens Gijbels, director of the FundamentalsAcademy and WeAreFundamentals. Jens is powered by a mission to redesign education for meaningful and purposeful participation in the grand challenges of our times. In this conversations we discuss how they bring this into practice in collaboration at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences where he with his team leads the 30 ECTS Co-Design Studio minor. Jens makes a passionate case for a more transformative and curiosity-based education that uses design and redesign to intentionally change the systems around us. He also stresses that this form of education can and should be fun.
In this discussion the following systemic barriers and opportunities emerged:
External Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensgijbels/?originalSubdomain=nl
https://www.fundamentalsacademy.nl/team