Author ORCID Identifier
Gretchen Caldwell Rinnert: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5161-8984
Kathleen Campana: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-9282
Marianne Martens: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-7205
Abstract
Nigerian educational statistics reflect a country in crisis. Several factors drive this trend: early marriages; poorly-trained and underpaid teachers; and extensive armed conflicts. This paper describes a collaboration between three universities on a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant-funded project to intervene in this crisis. Focusing on the educational system in two states, the project aims to improve educational materials and teaching strategies in 200 schools. Our research team employs a co-design methodology informed by the “co-creation” work of Sanders and Stappers (2008), Druin’s (1999, 2002, 2005) work on “cooperative inquiry,” and Martens, Rinnert, and Andersen’s (2018)’s work on child-centered design. The participants provided the research team with personal perspectives through the creation of personas. This paper presents the results, and how we interpreted and analyzed the study. Our goal was to better understand the educational needs, community and people of Adamawa and Gombe states.
Keywords
Co-design, Ethics, Global Communities, Global Education, Inclusion, Participatory Action Research, Personas, and Social Justice
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.273
Citation
Rinnert, G., Campana, K., Martens, M., Mupinga, D., Caniglia, J., Malgwi, G., Kamiyama, T., and Filippi, A. (2020) Synergy through Making: Co-designing with Educational Stakeholders in Northeastern Nigeria, in Boess, S., Cheung, M. and Cain, R. (eds.), Synergy - DRS International Conference 2020, 11-14 August, Held online. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.273
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Synergy through Making: Co-designing with Educational Stakeholders in Northeastern Nigeria
Nigerian educational statistics reflect a country in crisis. Several factors drive this trend: early marriages; poorly-trained and underpaid teachers; and extensive armed conflicts. This paper describes a collaboration between three universities on a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant-funded project to intervene in this crisis. Focusing on the educational system in two states, the project aims to improve educational materials and teaching strategies in 200 schools. Our research team employs a co-design methodology informed by the “co-creation” work of Sanders and Stappers (2008), Druin’s (1999, 2002, 2005) work on “cooperative inquiry,” and Martens, Rinnert, and Andersen’s (2018)’s work on child-centered design. The participants provided the research team with personal perspectives through the creation of personas. This paper presents the results, and how we interpreted and analyzed the study. Our goal was to better understand the educational needs, community and people of Adamawa and Gombe states.