A Critical thinking to build creative solutions
Introduction: The Learning Products for ALL (ProLearn4ALL) is a project which aims to make children aware of difference in the primary schools, with accessible multiform products, developed by higher education students. This process, which is founded on Problem Based Learning (PBL) methodologies, ha...
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| description | Introduction: The Learning Products for ALL (ProLearn4ALL) is a project which aims to make children aware of difference in the primary schools, with accessible multiform products, developed by higher education students. This process, which is founded on Problem Based Learning (PBL) methodologies, has as its main phases: the conceptualization of products and prototypes; pilot test; revision, reformulation and validation of products; and, finally the production and dissemination of a pedagogical kit.
Objectives: The paper presents the PBL methodology as an active process used to develop critical thinking through the use of proposed prototype solutions to solve non-routine problems.
Methods: Applying PBL methodology, the process started with the theoretical contextualization of the four main domains of disability (hearing, intellectual, motor, visual) and with the creation of prototypes, by students in the areas of Social Sciences and Education, to highlight the characteristics of each domain. Subsequently, Arts and Design students were asked to create playful and accessible products, based on the prototypes that were previously built.
Results: Students were challenged to put themselves in the places of people with disability by using specific restrictions, created as thematic introductions to the proposed challenges. In this sense, the products were made with higher level of awareness, as students were simultaneously producers and users.
Conclusion: The multiple reflections, during and after the production of the resources, allowed a constant process of research, validation and exclusion of solutions to occur, which progressively led to the construction of the final Pedagogical Kit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24ae8ed4397d4909a44da1b7d1eab9f72022-12-21T20:10:51ZengInstituto Politécnico de ViseuMillenium0873-30151647-662X2020-01-0121110.29352/mill0211.01.00255A Critical thinking to build creative solutionsNuno Fragata0Teresa Amaral1Carla Freire2Catarina Mangas3Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal Polytechnic of Leiria, School of Arts and Design, LIDA, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Polytechnic of Leiria, School of Education and Social Sciences, CI & DEI / CICS.NOVA.IPLeiria-iACT, Leiria, Portugal Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, School of Education and Social Sciences, CICS.NOVA.IPLeiria - iACT, CI & DEI, Leiria, PortugalIntroduction: The Learning Products for ALL (ProLearn4ALL) is a project which aims to make children aware of difference in the primary schools, with accessible multiform products, developed by higher education students. This process, which is founded on Problem Based Learning (PBL) methodologies, has as its main phases: the conceptualization of products and prototypes; pilot test; revision, reformulation and validation of products; and, finally the production and dissemination of a pedagogical kit. Objectives: The paper presents the PBL methodology as an active process used to develop critical thinking through the use of proposed prototype solutions to solve non-routine problems. Methods: Applying PBL methodology, the process started with the theoretical contextualization of the four main domains of disability (hearing, intellectual, motor, visual) and with the creation of prototypes, by students in the areas of Social Sciences and Education, to highlight the characteristics of each domain. Subsequently, Arts and Design students were asked to create playful and accessible products, based on the prototypes that were previously built. Results: Students were challenged to put themselves in the places of people with disability by using specific restrictions, created as thematic introductions to the proposed challenges. In this sense, the products were made with higher level of awareness, as students were simultaneously producers and users. Conclusion: The multiple reflections, during and after the production of the resources, allowed a constant process of research, validation and exclusion of solutions to occur, which progressively led to the construction of the final Pedagogical Kit.https://revistas.rcaap.pt/millenium/article/view/18249Problem-based learningCritical thinkingHigher educationProLearn4ALL project |
| spellingShingle | Nuno Fragata Teresa Amaral Carla Freire Catarina Mangas A Critical thinking to build creative solutions Millenium Problem-based learning Critical thinking Higher education ProLearn4ALL project |
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| title_short | A Critical thinking to build creative solutions |
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