Playful learning for children in Indian context


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Creator/Artist: Jampala N Somya

Category: Communication Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2008-2010

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Presentation pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Ravi Poovaiah


Detailed Description

Science is all around us. Everyone enjoys the pleasure of learning about universe and tries to understand it. But, children have an inborn curiosity and yearning to make sense of things, people and the world around them. Play is a voluntary intrinsically motivated activity being associated with pleasure and enjoyment and It presents the best answer towards learning in for children. The project is an attempt to facilitate playful learning for children of 11-14years of age which can be adapted to different learning environments of Indian context. It has been built on a conceptual framework of children, play and learning. It has explored how an activity can be planned and designed for the learning of a child without a textbook and without one to all teaching method. Emphasis is to enable experimentation and creation by children themselves rather than just communication and passiveness towards knowledge. It aims at a solution in the form of an activity kit to enhance sensitivity in realm of light (with reflections and shadows) as well as physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of a child.