Reflective journal –May 2016

Reflective journal –May 2016

Things to do this semester

1.      Do coding with ‘after activity’

2.      Find relation between cooking and after activity

3.      Find ‘home related activity’ among my researches (observation, interview, desk research)

4.      Find case study

5.      Categorize 4-7 years old development chracteristic

6.      Ideation and design

*What factors can be borrow from first and second semester’s findings and problems

1. I wondered if kids using IT device have beneficial effects on children’s education aspect or not – first, one of the object of this research is to provide cooking as a new hobby without display, I will focus more on ideas which is not depending on display or digital devices, but if using digital is more beneficial for self  leading and creativity, I will combine those factors.

2. Target : I won’t limit the target of service, though main target is 4-7years old kids who are highly probable to develop creativity. As for expandability classify kids into age group(developmental stage) / classify kids into children’s tendency and provide service for each group.

*Creativity/ what is essence of kid creativity?

What I did last semester is find out the problem (design problem) in kids cooking class and also core value. I found out that the core value of kids cooking class is developing creativity and most of parents want their kids to improve their creativity the most. Many cooking class show off that by participating the class, kids could improve their creativity. However by observation and interview, I found out that kids can experience new environment and can do interesting activity, but there is less effect for creativity. –Need continuous activity

*What is impediment factor of developing kids’ creativity at cooking class?

  Temporary class, following recipe as it is, following teacher as it is.

- Creativity is not emerging at once. Kids need to experience many things and keep think about new approaches and they need to be fearless to new changes. So if parents want their kids to develop creativity, they need to provide continuous activity (services) after the class. Practically it is hard in public places, but if they spend time and give effort in ‘home’ there will be changes.

*Home related activity / after services

‘Parents participating education’ or ‘cooking class with parent’ focus on event seems like public relation of company not for children’s development and interesting. A child education institute should cooperate with family and should be clear on the object of education is to develop creativity and grow the whole man.

As for my research, If cooking class is a center platform, (most parents are afraid of approaching cooking with their kids they find the cooking class) they can learn knowledge about ingredients and dishes and also try variety of activity that is impossible in home. And the kids came back home they can try one more time with their mom and dad by kids’ self-leading without time and space limitation. Also home is very friendly and comfortable place for children so they can create more powerful things. They can share what is different between the class and their own activity and sharing these can be good point of developing creativity.

I was only focused on ‘during activity’ but I found a pain point in ‘after’ area. Finding this pain point was turning point of my project.

I can also design how users can approach this services. Service provider will be the cooking class.

* Elements of creativity

-Sensitivity, fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration, imagination, sensitivity

* Discouragement factors of developing creativity

-lack of confidence, being afraid of new changes, stereotype, instrumental responding

[A Study on the Creativity Fostering Art Education Program for Children Using the Picture Book, 2015, kim seng youn]

* study of 4-7 years old kids

Categorize each development: Physical development, Emotional development, Verbal development, Sociability development, Creativity development

Factor/insight of ‘after activity’

Send home correspondence to the children’s family  and  do parental education

Disposable tools that is same as class tools

Drawing and writing activity

Package-class provide disposable package to carry left food.

Give kids mission/quest to stimulate sense of achievement and desire or winning

Kids can be cooking teacher at home –role play

Cook for someone (family and friends) that learned from class

App that can share among parents and teacher

Characterized in Special event (Christmas and Halloween/birthday)

Making recipe book after cooking

Participating and helping parents cooking regularly at home

Transparent container, which is east to observation ingredients – 5 senses

Tools with magnet – match game

Washing hand before cooking – by self leading

Helping character (handless KIWI)

Question list

1.      There are group cooking class and individual cooking class/ temporary and regularly also. That should be the target.

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