Developing children's empathy in co-design activities: A pilot case study

Maarten Van Mechelen; Alice Schut; Mathieu Gielen; Remke Klapwijk

doi:10.1145/3202185.3210797

Developing children's empathy in co-design activities: A pilot case study

Maarten Van Mechelen, Alice Schut, Mathieu Gielen, Remke Klapwijk

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Abstract

This paper explores how co-design activities in schools can contribute to developing children's empathy. A pilot case study is presented in which eight 10- to 12-yearold children participated. The design theme was outdoor education. After discussing the co-design procedure, preliminary results about three empathic techniques are discussed: (1) reflection on the role of empathy in design, (2) storytelling to introduce the design challenge, and (3) defining the needs and wishes of the story's protagonists. The lessons learned are taken into account in a comprehensive follow-up study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IDC 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Editors	Michail Giannakos, Maarten Mechelen, van
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	669-674
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5152-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3202185.3210797
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	IDC 2018: The 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 19 Jun 2018 → 22 Jun 2018

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Conference	IDC 2018
Abbreviated title	IDC'18
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	19/06/18 → 22/06/18

Keywords

21st century skills
Children
Co-design
Empathy
Schools
Storytelling

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Van Mechelen, M, Schut, A, Gielen, M & Klapwijk, R 2018, Developing children's empathy in co-design activities: A pilot case study. in M Giannakos & M Mechelen, van (eds), IDC 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 669-674, IDC 2018, Trondheim, Norway, 19/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3202185.3210797

Developing children's empathy in co-design activities: A pilot case study. / Van Mechelen, Maarten; Schut, Alice; Gielen, Mathieu et al.
IDC 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children. ed. / Michail Giannakos; Maarten Mechelen, van. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018. p. 669-674.

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