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Workshop for Innovative and Creative Children |
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"Workshop for Innovative and Creative Children
Du ring IGNITE awards a workshop for innovative and creative children was held. Selected privileged and underprivileged children were motivated to seek olutions to societal problems prevailing in the slums around Delhi, through their creative ideas. The workshop was held at the exhibition venue itself, thus, providing an exposure to these children to innovations by IGNITE awardees. Children were given an exposure to different solutions for real-life problems, tried by the innovators, and were encouraged to imbibe empathetic values in developing innovative ideas to solve basic problems faced by people living in slums. The overall objective of the programme was to develop an operational framework for empowering children to not only articulate their problems but to also find solutions, both individually and collectively.
The workshop aimed at tapping the dormant creative potential of children who probably did not have the courage to articulate their ideas. Held over two and a half days, the first day involved brainstorming regarding the workshop like what are they expected to do and how to do it. On the second day of the workshop, the children went on a field visit to Delhi slums and on the third day children worked in groups, sketching various problems identified and their proposed solutions to them.
The inverted model of innovation implies that children ideate/innovate, and fabricators design and companies/agencies diffuse commercially or socially. Involvement of children in solving their challenges will help us understand micro and macro strategies which can mobilize the creative potential of children around the world. This may help in overcoming persistent social inertia in developing countries. Issues pertaining to the following dimensions were addressed
by the children:
a) Challenges they face
b) Challenges that the society faces
c) Other problems that inhibit the unfolding of their potential.
Pedagogy:
Purpose: Discussion about the purpose of the workshop Process: Brainstorming about some of the solutions in one domain and how these can trigger new solutions in other domains
Perception: Once their curiosity was triggered, their visit to the exhibition was organized to enrich their repertoire and also reinforce their confidence
Pursuit of innovation: After briefing about the fieldwork, children were divided into two groups comprising privileged and underprivileged children
Practice: Each group visited one slum area of Delhi — Turkman gate marketplace and Qutub Minar— to interact with the local communities, children, and others, and to observe and study their day-to-day problems.
Presentation of solutions: Each group sketched the problems they saw and presented ideas to solve them.
The young ones came up with a number of ideas, some of which were exceptionally praiseworthy.
Utilization of Bamboo Waste
Problem: A lot of bamboo gets wasted during the cutting process
Cutter Protective Gloves
Problems: Injury while cutting bamboo
Solution: A hand glove to prevent the bamboo cutter from getting injured. In summer season, gloves with holes can be used to allow air circulation. A screw can be added for ease of movement in fingers. A magnet should be fitted to the cutter and the glove, which will cause them to automatically repel upon close contact.
Rathod Ranjitsinh Bhagwansinh, Manavadiya Suresh Rameshbhai Suraj Tiraki, Patel Gitansh Rakeshkumar
Rotating Chair for Workers
Problem: When making pot the labour spends a lot of time in moving and this process has also proven to be a painful activity.
Solution: A rotating chair that moves with the labour can prove to be quite convenient and it would save the extra efforts and time consumed.
Gulshan Kumar, Lohar Jayanti Das, Sagar Kumar, Resham Sodel, Sarang Mashale
Solar Electric Cutter
Problem: Bamboo cutting is a time consuming process. Solution: A solar operated machine for cutting bamboo which can cut more than five bamboo sticks at a time. A vacuum cleaner should also be installed to suck all the dust produced while cutting.
Dhanurjaya Dehury, Parmar Mahendrabhai, Bilash Dutta, Rupa Sharma, Govind Sharma, Sumeet Muneer, Saddyak
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Honey Bee, 28(2&3), 31-38, 2017 |
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