Better World Challenge Ideation #2 – Quality Education

Better World Challenge

The Better World Challenge is a design competition challenging innovators, entrepreneurs, designers and students to explore creative and original ideas for a sustainable future. The challenge is focusing on social and environmental challenges with relevance to Hong Kong, but welcome entries from any location in the world. Inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, we are aiming to collect ideas responding to one of the following areas: Good Health and Well-being (SDG#3), Quality Education (SDG #4) , Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG #11), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG #12). The purpose of the competition is to inspire creativity and collaboration through community-driven innovation. Develop your concept idea and enter the competition today!

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Online Ideation Sessions

FabCafe Hong Kong is organizing four online ideation sessions which you can attend for free, if you want to gain more insights on the challenges or inspiration to help you develop ideas. You will connect with other social innovators who are all interested in the same challenge and explore solutions together. It is also an opportunity to learn more about the values of Design Thinking and how to apply them online. Please fill in Google Form below to register for one or more sessions. We will contact you with detailed instructions for attending the session(s) by email.

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SDG #4 Quality Education

Education in Hong Kong is free and all children are required to attend nine years of compulsory education in primary and junior secondary schools. However, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong, traditional educational practice and social influences of parents, teachers and the broader society impose immense pressure on students (Hu, Leung & Chen, 2018). Many parents push their children with high expectations of outstanding performance and academic results, and teachers have a tendency to focus on the learning outcomes and not the learning process. Local education has been described as spoon-fed and exam-oriented. As a result, students begin to lack the intrinsic motivation to learn.

To enter this category, please respond to the following challenge statement:
How might we support motivated learning?