Design Thinking and Learning Material Utilisation Creativity in Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Case of Kyambogo University, Uganda

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorKatungi, Juma
dc.contributor.authorEjuu, Godfrey
dc.contributor.authorLubaale, Grace
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-29T17:39:43Z
dc.date.available2023-09-29T17:39:43Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractIn the recent past, we have seen a lot of innovations in children’s learning materials, equipment and spaces design due to the work of famous educators like Montessori, 1912 and Froebel, 1837. This has led to the development of a new landscape of how children’s learning spaces look like. Many children’s learning centers have heavily invested in spaces design and space equipment but despite all these developments, teachers in Uganda have registered limited success in the utilization of these facilities to enrich children’s learning experiences. This study was carried out to investigate how design thinking can be used to impact teaching spaces utilization creativity (Pacini-Ketchabaw, 2016; Hakim, 2017 & Masoumi, 2020). A Quasi-experimental with a mixed design approach was used with an embedded Pretest Post-test Design (Bhattacherjee, 2012). Quantitative and qualitative data was collected from a sample of a cohort of 64 in-service teachers studying a diploma in early childhood teacher education. Data was collected using observations, focused group interviews, and entries from the field notes. Using the Art world design thinking process, an experiment was developed to induce material utilization creativity. Alongside was a creativity observation to measure creativity indicators. This was used to measure creativity exhibited at pretest and posttest in both the control and experimental group. Data analysis used descriptive statistics for preliminary analysis and an independent group’s t-test for analyzing the difference between the control and experimental group. Findings showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the control and experimental group at post-test; this was attributed to the art world design thinking process.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJuma, K., Ejuu, G., & Lubaale, G. (2023). Design thinking and learning material utilisation creativity in early childhood teacher education: A case of Kyambogo University, Uganda. African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 7(3), 401-410.en_US
dc.identifier.issnhttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajedscitech/article/view/254553
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9290
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Education, Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectTeaching Spaces Creativityen_US
dc.subjectArt world Design Thinking Processen_US
dc.subjectPedagogical Creativityen_US
dc.subjectChildhood Education and Early Childhood Teacher Educationen_US
dc.titleDesign Thinking and Learning Material Utilisation Creativity in Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Case of Kyambogo University, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Design Thinking and Learning Material Utilisation Creativity in Early Childhood.pdf
Size:
347 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Social Sciences