Final report

School furniture

Groupmembers :

Afanaisa Gallant
Brigette Cotino
Sylvia de Rooy
Wilma Bintho
ANGELIQUE AMIENA

Content

I: Introduction

II: Background and Research

III: Prototype

IV: Feedback and Redesign

V: Action Plan

VI: Testing and Improve

VII: Conclusions and Future work

VIII: Appendix

I: Introduction

Because we notice that even though the Ministry of Education trying to change the teaching system. But they forget that you also need good furniture for the students. The furniture is so old and broken that it doesn’t motivate the students to learn better or the teacher to make the lesson interesting.

We did an individual research in our schools where we are working and we came up with a lot of problems to solve. We collaborate with each other and by affinity mapping we make the decision for School Furniture. With this subject we would like to achieve that the Ministry of Education can finally realize the importance of school furniture for both the student and teacher. That is the reason why we decided to design school furniture that can create a more interactive and collaborative learning environment.

Our big dream is to create a 21 century classroom, but because of the cost we will begin to create true scamper 3 examples of furniture for students. We hope to presented our creations to the Ministry, particular schools and Multi Nationals. Through our own website and email we will communicate with them

II: Background and Research

The education system in Suriname has for the students just an individual desk and a chair. That is already retrieves, because we live in a time where it all about collaborative learning and ICT. That’s why we choose to design these kind of furniture that can connect to the way of learning nowadays.

We did the research in our own schools. And we saw that furniture was the most important one, because we have to work with old, dirty and sometimes broken furniture. Because it is a forgotten part in the school it is always about the curriculum but seldom about the furniture, that is why we choose school furniture.

III: Prototype

Because of our goal to design school furniture that can create a more interactive and collaborative learning environment, we decided to;

A. Create by collaborative Sketching and majority voting a 21 century classroom.

The outcome is a classroom with:

- 1 smart board (in the front of the class)

- 2 white boards one at the left and one at the right side of the class

- Group of student desk and seats (3 to 5 children in a group)

- 1 shelf for schoolbooks / bags

- 1 teacher desk ( D – form) and seat

- In every group laptops on the desks

B. Create by scamper desks and seat for student

We do that by making groups of two with the following assignments:

· Create a 21 century student desk whit seats

· As you designing, thing about the collaborating part in class

· Make your design child friendlY

In groups of two we are working scamper out

Final models true scamper ( schoolfurniture for STUDENTS)

Model I : Brigette Cotino and Jerryl Purperhart

This model contain 5 round tables connect to each other with 2 seats in a half circle.

Model II : Sylvia de Rooy and Afanaisa

A grouptable in the form of a big + for 4 children

Model III : Wilma Bintho and Angelique Amiena

Individual table with at one side a normal desk to work and the others side a digital desk.

You can also put these tables in a group

IV: Feedback and Redesign

Feedback we receive after our second presentation:

- It is a practical and good plan

- Not only discuss the plan with the Ministry of Education , but also with particular schools

- It is also good to look for multi nationals to adapt the plan

- Think of the security of the 21 century classroom

- Don’t worry about the cost when you come to the ministry

We use the DeBono thinking and Decision Matrix to describe the cost, material, time, effort to build the final prototype:

Let’s describe the cost, the material,

the time and the effort

Brigette

Yes, let’s do that. Every multinational that

will finance a project will know the cost.

Angelique

We can’t do that by our self, we have to ask

someone that makes desks and chairs

Sylvia

We can’t get that for free. Some money is needed to make a budget. And we don,t

have that Afanaisa

May be I can look if there is

someone that will help us for free

Wilma

I am concern about model 3,

because model 3 “is a big one

Jerryl

We have to go for it and try to paid the

cost for the budget by our own

Angelique

Ok. This what we shall do:

Seek someone for the budget for the models

By decision matrix we will look for our self

which models needs more effort

After that we will meet again to make a

action plan. Brigettte

V: Action plan

Matrix

cost complexity development time total

model 1 2 2 2 6

model 2 1 1 1 3

model 3 3 3 3 9

21 century classroom 4 4 4 12

Material

model 1 model 2 model 3 21 century classroom

wood and galvanized pipes wood and galvanized pipes wood and galvanized pipe -smart board,

-white board’

-desk teacher,

-chair teacher,

-shelf for books/bags,

-laptops ( 5 in every group,

- airco

- beamer

- secured room

Efforts

* We will ask a furniture maker to make a budget

* We will ask the furniture-maker to make a budget

* We look al over the market what the price will be and make one budget for this classroom

VI: Testing and Improve

To test this project we had an interview with three school leaders. The following questions were ask:

Questions:

1. Would you like to have a model class like we have describe at your school?

2. Why not or why do you want it?

3.There are 3 models for the school furniture for the students.

Which of the models would you like to have in your school, and why?

school A school B school C

Queation 1: yes yes yes

Question 2 : School A: We want to go along with time

School B: ICT in school is now very important

School C: For the students this is a very great opportunity

Question 3:

School A: I choose model 1 because at my school the students are working in groups we are working with the curriculum from :”Ik geloof in jou” (I believe in you)

School B : I am going for model 2 because with these kind of desks you don’t need a lot of it like the square desk

School C : For me model 2 because we are ict minded at this school.

VII: Conclusions and Future work

We want to have model class with the furniture. And if they like concept we want bring it to the other schools.

Conclusion:

The interview with some schools will show that the 21 century classroom as model is welcome

The next steps will be:

May

- Discussions with the ministry of education

- Discussions with particular schools

- Writing a good project for two multi nationals ( Grassalco and Staatsolie )

- Budgeting for the 21 century classroom and the 3 furniture models for children