learning agreement Name: Lee-Jay Robertson
Course: BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Level: 6
Unit: Extended Major Project Reference number: GDS603 Credit points: 60 Study hours: 600 Hours Unit Leader: Roger Gould Tutor(s): Martin Coyne, Phil Jones
Synopsis of study The subject area chosen to investigate, has informed the Extended Major Project focus: Schools should be and remain a place where creativity, fun and work are part of a daily routine. Teachers and schools are finding various ways in how to influence and promote engagement and instigate interaction. However engaging with the pupils at a responsible level in a way in which it engages with them both before and after school, is what has lesser emphasise but can be of equal importance as the level of engagement within school. Based on the idea by Dave Eggers in a video called ʻonce upon a schoolʼ he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring centre inspired others across America to open. This video showed two sides of how the physical space can help in engaging and interacting amongst the students / pupils, by including the element of fun and play, as well as one-to-one tutoring, which resulted within a better level of engagement and results from the students and pupils. My proposal is to develop this concept and to transfer it within the UK market, as it is only currently based within the US. There are various areas that will need to be investigated and developed to allow this concept to be successful within the UK. These areas could include differing locations, audience, age groups, accessibility, availability, safety, the current economic situation, how it will function in relation to schools national curriculum and others. This concept has proven successful as well as showing potential and a model providing opportunity in working in close connection to the school system, by providing an additional school which isnʼt a school, to help build this responsibility, level of engagement and interaction, working together as a whole as well as helping future progression to further, higher education and into work; were at times work may occur outside the place of work. My defined design brief: ʻDesign a system/service that helps students aged between 14-16, who are unaware and/or struggle with the concept of responsibility and level of engagement, to help them interact and connect in a way in which it can promote the level of intuition, responsibility and association with our current demanding world of which occurs before and after schoolʼ. Lee-Jay Robertson
BA (Hons) Graphics Level 6
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