Experiential Learning Project Profile
GH01-004
When Reading Goes Wild
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Create and Use Children
Picture Books for Learning and Parenting
Background
A group of parents with questions and doubts on Hong Kong’s education system and
conventional parenting practices came together to reimagine and reinvent reading,
play and education and formed the HapiSchool. Picture books were used to design
activities to engage and enable children and parents’ discussion and reflection on local
and global issues such as urban development, fair trade, poverty and aging etc. A
series of experiential, collaborative and creative learning and parenting activities were
inspired and designed.
Possible Experiential Learning Activities
There are many experiential learning projects opportunities for multi-disciplinary
learning. Students will be facilitated by HapiSchool to collect data for analysis and
project evaluation. They can practice knowledge and skills by experimenting new ideas
on a range of themes and activities.
• Faculty and students are invited to formulate and conduct research to evaluate the
impact of HapiSchool’s activities on children, parents, families and communities,
etc.
• Faculty teaching related disciplines and common core courses may direct students
to work individually or collaboratively to
create picture books to express their views and experiences on specific issues
based on their research and reflection, and
design games and playful learning activities accordingly to engage both children
and parents to understand, discuss and tackle respective issues.
Both teachers, students may assess the quality of picture books and impact of
their ideas and works, based on observation and feedback from participants and
community partners.
• Other possible themes for experiential learning
Reimagine and redesign public playground, public space, toys, playgroup,
learning, instructional and curriculum design, parenting and etc. through the
projects, network and associated fields of HapiSchool, such as farmland and wood
factory.
Students will talk to the community partners, parents
and children to learn about their creative applicati