Global Issues Problem Solving Writing Challenges, UP

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Global Issues Problem SolvingWriting
Challenges, UPs, and SolutionsSteps 1-3

• Opening doors to the future

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FPS Six Step Problem Solving Process (Creative
Problem Solving)

• STEP 1 Identify Challenges
• STEP 2 Select an Underlying Problem
• STEP 3 Produce Solution Ideas
• STEP 4 Generate Select Criteria to
• evaluate solution ideas
• STEP 5 Evaluate Solution Ideas
• STEP 6 Develop an Action Plan

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The Blank BookletUse the ProcessThe First Three
Steps
Challenges
Solutions
Underlying Problem
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The Future Scene

• The future scene is not the challengeit is the
  situation.
• The team looks for challenges that are not
  already stated in the future scene.
• Challenges are the difficult things that happen
  due to the situations in the future scene
• OR
• They are the difficult things that may have
  caused the situations in the future scene.

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The Teams Job

• Discover challenges that may happen as a result
  of the situations in the future scene
• OR
• Discover challenges that may have caused the
  situations in the future scene.
• Challenges which cause the future scene often
  make good underlying problems (UP)

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Read the Future Scene

• Read the future scene more than onceexperience
  the scenario
• As you read, jot down notes about challenges and
  problems that may occur
• Highlight, underline, circle key words, jot down
  ideas that emerge
• Use categories to widen your scope
• Brainstorm challenges

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Writing Challenges

• Write statementsNO questions
• Use may, might or couldChallenges are not
  definite they are possibilities
• Think about what is happening in the future scene
  and how it will affect others. What new
  challenges may the situation in the future scene
  create?
• Divide and conqueruse each team members
  talents divide the booklet and give each team
  member a challenge page to complete

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Step 1 Writing Challenges

• Write challenges as cause and effect
  statementsconnect to future scene
• Because A is happening in the future scene, B may
  happen and create C.
• Show Future Scene connection Due to the fact
  that Because Since.
• Dont leave your ideas on the tableElaborate!
• What may happen? How will it affect the
• future scene? Why is it a challenge?

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Challenges are If Then Statements

• Since A is happening in the future scene, B may
  happen and create challenge C.
• A Because students at ATSi are totally
  submersed in virtual and sensory education, B
  they may lose interest in the exterior world of
  reality and prefer the interior life of sensory
  stimulation. C Appreciation of nature may
  diminish and lead to environmental neglect as the
  students become adults.
• This challenge did not happen in the future
  scene, but it may happen because of what is
  occurring in the future scene.
• Category Number 8 Environment Use Category
  List to find more challenges.

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Step 1 Challenge Review List

• Brainstorm share and discussthen select
  challenges
• Write statementsNo questions
• Relate to future scene
• Use a Condition Statement Because Since Due
  to the fact that
• Use may, might, or couldchallenges are not
  definite they are possibilities
• Explain what the concern is and why it is a
  concern
• Dont leave your ideas on the tableput them in
  your booklet!
• Be sure some of your challenges address the
  charge.

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Challenge Tips

• Be sure you have written challenges, not
  solutions.
• EXTREMES should be avoided.
• Choose the challenge with the most impact on the
  future scene to turn into an UNDERLYING PROBLEM
  (UP).
• A strong UP may relate to one challenge or one
  category of challenges or a compilation of
  several related challenges

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Step 2 The Underlying Problem
Underlying Problem
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Step 2 Underlying ProblemsChoose a worthy
challenge

• The UP should address the charge at the end of
  the future scene. Who is the team working for?
• The UP is never as large as the future scene
  How might we solve all problems with sensory
  overload? Not an effective UP
• The UP addresses one key, important issue that
  will make a major difference in the future scene
  if your team can solve it.

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Underlying Problem 1 Question 4 Parts

• Condition Statement connects UP to the future
  scene
• Stem How might we In what ways could we plus
  Key Verb Phrase strong action verbs that show
  degree
• Purpose so that statementyour goal
• Dont forget to put a purpose in the UP.
• Future Scene Parameters PlaceTopicTime

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Learn the UP FORMULA UPCS HMW KVP P FSP
Be sure that every team member understands the
UP!
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HOW TO WRITE THE UP

• Because A is happening CONDITION STATEMENTa
  detail from the future scene
• HOW MIGHT WE STEM increase decrease improve
  reduce KEY VERB PHRASEUse a strong verb
  that measures degree
• SO THAT PURPOSEyour goalwhat will happen
• occurs in 2028 and beyond? Be sure all three
  PARAMETERS (time, topic, place) are included
  somewhere in the UP

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UP TIPS

• UP addresses only one key issue and has only one
  key verb (Trying to do too much can make it
  impossible to solve all parts of your UP)
• Avoid and when developing UP (Choose one team
  member to be the and detector for the UP. AND
  should be a red flag for team members when used
  with multiple key verbs or objects, every
  solution has to solve for everything stated in
  UP.)
• Avoid absolute verbs like prevent, ensure, stop
  all (A solution can reduce drug usebut it isnt
  easy to prove that it prevents drug use.)
• The UP is never as large as the whole future scene

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Step 3 SOLUTIONS

• Solutions

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Produce Solution Ideas

• Shift gears focus on the Underlying Problem only
• Brainstorm ideas (12 minutes) that could solve
  the Underlying Problem
• Use category list to widen perspective
• Generate many varied and unusual ideas that
  respond to the Underlying Problem
• Use your research

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Step 3 Choose Solutions

• Share ideasfind duplicatesorganizecombine
• Keep open mindsdiscuss and build on ideas
• Choose who will write which solutionsfind the
  experts
• Divide and conquer
• ElaborateDont leave your ideas on the table

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Writing Solutions How to earn elaboration points

• Who will do it?
• Be specificshare exactly what expert or group
  will make this solution happen
• What will they do?
• Explain exactly what needs to be done
• Why will it work?
• Why is it important to do why will it make a
  difference?
• How does it work?
• Explain how the solution will be effective and
  make a difference

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SOLUTION TIPS

• Write solutions as definite proposals Example
  The Senate will
• Identify different experts, people or groups who
  can solve the UPResearch helps!
• ELABORATEWhoWhatWhyHow
• Think categoriesS-T-R-E-T-C-H your mind!

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FPS Busters Who are you going to call?The Whos
Who of Topic Research

• Find professions, agencies, individuals, and
  groups involved in this field of study or topic.
• Look for specific job titles and agencies
  (governmental, environmental, scientific,
  educational, business, etc.) that would deal with
  issues on this topic.
• Research acronyms for groups involved in your
  area of study. If you create an acronym for the
  future include what the letters stand for.
• Futuristic variations on your list of WHOs WHO
  may be the ones who help you solve this future
  scene.

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FPS21st Century Learning
End of Part 1 Steps 1-3