Designing Solutions for Social Change
By Regina Hoo
July 2021 FEATURE
LEARN. IMBIBE. REGURGITATE. These are hallmarks of rote learning and its derivatives are wide-ranging, from the attrition of critical and creative thinking to a slow dismantling of depth learning and social skills.To redress this entrenched mode of learning, the Teen Changemakers Camp hosted its first-ever design thinking workshop last March at Penang Institute. The two-day camp was designed to equip participants with tools vital for today's world, e.g. the skills for problem-solving, leadership and communication; and to challenge their worldviews...
Regina Hoo
is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.
