Developing children's empathy in co-design activities

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Developing children's empathy in co-design activities

A pilot case study

Conference Paper (2018)

Author(s)

Maarten Van Mechelen (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)

Alice Schut (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)

Mathieu Gielen (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)

Remke Klapwijk (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)

Research Group

Codesigning Social Change

Empathy Children Co-design Storytelling 21st century skills Schools

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1145/3202185.3210797 Final published version

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Publication Year

2018

Language

English

Research Group

Codesigning Social Change

Pages (from-to)

669-674

ISBN (electronic)

978-1-4503-5152-2

Event

IDC 2018 (2018-06-19 - 2018-06-22), Trondheim, Norway

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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.