Creating an educational plan for Små Spor
The Små Spor exhibition was shown
today at the Institute for Children Education in Tromsø. Together with Kari Doseth
Opstad (Senior Lecturer in arts and crafts) and her students, we will create an
educational plan for Små Spor. The goal is to use the exhibition as a tool to
awaken children´s curiosity on architecture. This is part of a larger project
about making architects (and designers) more known in our region.
(foto: Kari D. Opstad, Michele Widerøe)
The students are beginning to test some of their ideas:
(foto:Michele Widerøe)
The idea was to show to the kids the video Små Spor and talk to them about architecture. Then the children could choose a project from Små Spor and try to make a modell out of it. I was very happy to see how interested and dedicated both the students and the children were. I can´t wait to see the other projects!
Exams
Las week I was invited to
observe the presentation of exams the students gave on “Små Spor”. There were 3
groups in all. Each group presented a suggestion on how they think Små Spor can
be used to teach children and youngster about architecture.
I was happy to see how they use
their creativity to teach architecture in a practical and fun way.
Små Spor is all about
presenting local projects to local people. It is important that children learn
how to look for architectural qualities in their own communities and not only
in the big cities.
By learning more about
good architecture projects in their communities children will appreciate it
better and hopefully they will take better care of it.
(foto: Kari Doseth)
