JOSEPHIAN ANNUAL 2016 • LEARNING JOURNEYS 27
Learning about food recycling at Tiong
Bahru Market
Mr Ng Shuh Lit
Sharing at Coral
Secondary School
Students visit to Dialogue in the Dark
Visit to Tiong Bahru Market led by Mr John Ang
Walking in the shoes of the visually impaired
Design Thinking @ SJI
The Design Thinking Programme @ SJI is based on the Business Design Thinking model of the University of Toronto ’ s Rotman School of Management . This design thinking model envisions empathy through deep understanding to ideation and co-creation and involves understanding the real needs of the users so to come up with practical solutions to address their concerns . Through this programme , we hope to inculcate an innovative mindset in our students so that they may come up with solutions to real problems .
With these goals in mind , the students took on real issues in SJI such as improving school cleanliness and promoting a stronger recycling culture . Some students also collaborated with external communities such as Tiong Bahru Market and Touch Community by working collectively on real challenges faced by them . In our bid to raise empathy for the visually impaired , the students also visited ‘ Dialogue in the Dark ’
organised by Singapore Polytechnic . The visit gave them a chance to walk in the shoes of the visually impaired as they learn more about the world they live it . The students and staff were further enlightened by talks delivered by distinguished speakers such as Mr John Ang , Chief Executive Director of VRM Biologik to share his company ' s innovative ways in food recycling . We were also privileged to have Dr Mohan Rajesh Elara from SUTD ’ s Engineering Product Development to explain how Design Thinking processes help build better machineries of the future .
SJI ’ s Design Thinking Programme Team was honoured to be invited by MOE to share our work at the National Project Work Seminar ( Oct 2015 ) and by Coral Secondary School ( July 2016 ). These events gave us opportunities to learn from like-minded educators on the importance of experiential learning . It has been a fruitful 2016 and we look forward to more exciting learning experiences in 2017 .
Sec 3 IP DT students showcase
Students Sharing of
DT at MOE National Project Work Seminar 2015
Talk by Dr Mohan from SUTD