Week 12: Poster Development Iterations

Time to turn the page on education?

It shouldn’t be so black and white.

Not every shirt suits every person. And one size doesn’t always fit all. So why are we forcing our youth to fit in the same style of education? Why are we putting everyone in the same classrooms, with the same teachers, and offering the same subjects. People think differently; students learn differently. So what if education was flexible? It’s about time we change the way we teach, to account for learning diversity.

Students aren’t being inspired by class content. They aren’t being engaged, and teachers aren’t enabling positive learning spaces as they feel restricted by the current curriculum. There is a clear disconnect between what is taught in class, and what is required in the workforce, and most importantly, in adult life. NZ classes are allocated either by holistic ‘intelligence’ or completely randomly, not taking into account different learning styles. Teachers are therefore feeling overwhelmed by large class sizes of students requiring different needs and support in order to learn effectively. Students, parents, and at times teachers, are often confused by the requirements and structure of NCEA. (Evidenced in a demographic survey.)

Information and Experience Design can improve student engagement by supporting a diverse and creative learning environment. 

Lets start a new chapter for NZ

With Diversity the focus, not an optional extra.

If teachers are better supported, they’ll have more time and energy on spend on students. Therefore students will have a better classroom environment, which means improved student engagement and more effective learning overall.

I want to design professional development resources that inspire, empower, and enable teachers to create innovative class content for their students. 

The world is changing, it’s time for schools to change with it.

Empower, Inspire, Enable.