Schools in Singapore conduct Home-Based-Learning (HBL) during COVID-19 pandemic
How can we design a better HBL experience for both primary school students and their parents?
Primary School Students
Age ranges from 6+ to 12 years old
They require daily structure and guidance
Change of routine could adversely affect their education if not managed well
Parents of Primary School Students
Work from home
Balancing between work, child's education and home responsibilities
Play a bigger role in managing child's education
Key Questions
Do you have set routine for both you and your child/children?
- How is it managed?
- Where do the kids do their school work?
- Where do you do your work?
- How successful has the routine been?
How is/are your child/children feeling this morning/noon/afternoon?
Emotionally and physically
How are you, as a working/non-working parent feeling this noon and evening?
What makes you feel the best version of yourself each day.
What makes you feel safe?
In order to adhere to social distancing protocol, Probe Kit packages will be delivered to the doorsteps by our team and there will be no physical interactions between researchers and participants. Interactions will only be done through text messages and video calls.
Probe Kits consist of a note, booklets, sticker packs and 2 pens.
What to do?
Task #1
Take pictures of your daily activities everyday, for a week. Upload these images into the respective Google Drive folders.
Task #2
Fill in the booklet for one week, according to the day.
Layout of both primary school student's and parent's booklets. Both have the same set of questions, in order for us to be able to compare findings.
For illustrations purposes, the layout only shows one-day. In the real booklet, there will be a total of 7 days that participants will need to fill up.
