Knowledge Producing Schools

NZTA Project Manager Sarah Cronwright and HookED consultant Pam Hook designed and conducted the student workshops as part of the wider community consultation for the Old Mangere Bridge Project. This consultation process recognises schools and students as knowledge producers for local communities.

The objective of the workshops was to gain a greater insight into how local primary students use the old bridge, what is important to them and how they would like to use it in the future. A second objective was to create greater community awareness of the project with students, their families and the local community.

The workshop activities explored what local children (as the future users of the bridge) value in terms of learning opportunities, social opportunities and movement opportunities provided by the bridge.

Reference: Bigum, C. (2004). Rethinking schools and community: The knowledge producing school, using community informatics to transform regions. In S. Marshall, W. Taylor, & Y. X. Huo (Eds.), Using community informatics to transform regions (pp. 52–66). Hershey: Idea Group Inc (IGI).

Remarkable ideas as students speak on bridge proposal Education Portal via kwout

Update:

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