Creativity in co-Design for Physical Education: Comparing Contributions of Children and Professionals

Danića Mast, Sylvia Schipper, Fenne van Doorn, Alice Schut, Mathieu Gielen, Sanne de Vries

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Abstract

This study is carried out within the context of a research and innovation
project Co-design with Kids that aims to support teaching of broad so-called ‘21st
century’ skills. In this project, design toolboxes for use within primary education
are developed and studied, with real life clients and assignments. In the case
described in this paper, the assignment was to create new concepts for physical
education (PE). To be able to assess the value of design outcomes created in a
co-design trajectory by children, we compared their design outcomes to those
created in a similar design process by professionals. Six teams of children (n=21,
11-12 years old) and three teams of professionals (n=10, with a background in
design, sports or physical education) developed concepts in separate co-creation
sessions. We present a first assessment of the differences and similarities in
creativity of the design outcomes of the two groups. This assessment of textual
summaries shows no remarkable differences between design outcomes of
children and those of professionals in terms of elaboration, originality and
relevance. This indicates that children could be involved as design partners.
Further research is needed to gain insight into the specific value of involving
children as design partners.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInteractivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation. ArtsIT 2017, DLI 2017.
EditorsAnthony Brooks, Eva Brooks, Nikolas Vidakis
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages469-478
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-76908-0
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-76907-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event6th International Conference, ArtsIT 2017, and Second International Conference, DLI 2017 - Heraklion, Greece
Duration: 30 Oct 201731 Oct 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
PublisherSpringer
Volume229
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference6th International Conference, ArtsIT 2017, and Second International Conference, DLI 2017
Abbreviated titleArtsIT 2017 DLI 2017
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHeraklion
Period30/10/1731/10/17
OtherEAI International Conference on Design, Learning and Innovation

Bibliographical note

Accepted author manuscript

Keywords

  • Co-design
  • Physical Education
  • Children
  • Professionals
  • Co-creation

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