Week 8: Feedback 1-2-1 Session

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The feedback session from the 1-2-1 this Friday was awesome. I talked with Lee Jensen about how stuck I was feeling with the final 'outcome' and how the idea of an app or website just really wasn't inspiring me, and just doesn't feel right for me or this project. We talked about how my research has (despite my attempts to specify down) remained quite broad and focused on education as a system. Lee was able to validate my hunch that tackling this issue in it's broader sense is probably the most justified approach for this project.



However going down this route will be difficult. I'll need to upskill and do a lot of research going deep into this topic. But this will allow me to explore what got me interested in education in the first place. I'll be able to study it as a system, challenging what education is, and why it's currently so restrictive. I could write a manifesto uprooting the traditional expectations of school- why we learn- where we learn- who we teach- who is teaching. I want to get down to the bones of NCEA and rebuild the body of education. This manifesto could result in a design proposal, which I could then develop as a prototype.

An interesting insight from Lee- many of the first years that come to uni aren't prepared. Which ironically contradicts a lot of my other research that suggests the only point of secondary education is for leading into tertiary education, (given that current secondary education doesn't adequately prepare students for the real world or for the workforce.) To explore this further, I want to talk to the Massey lecturers more about their expereiences teaching first years. This may help me gain a broader understanding of what high schools graduates are lacking on this front.

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