megafônicas: enabling platform event for local discussion on education improvement

MegafônicasEnabling platform event for local discussion on education improvement

Megafônicas | Enabling platform event for local discussion on education improvement • LeNS Conference Sustainability NOW! • Bangalore • 2010 Erica Ribeiro de Andrade • Marina de Arruda Nicolaiewsky • Mauro Alex Rego


Sustainability in Education

Design Education in BrazilPublic, Private, Market x Academy.



Student movement


N Design

MegafônicasMegafônicas’s system, an event platform that can be used as a tool in improving the social cohesion amongst design students, and its capacity to enhance local and national political engagement through an equal structure.



2004-2007


2008-2009

Research

A qualitative research was run in June 2010 aiming to clarify the impact of the MGF’ events locally and verify its role on the observed results. The research happened in 3 main phases: (1) Analysis of the MGF registers;

(2) Interview with the organization committee's members and mediators of MGFs and questionnaire for MGF’s participants;

(3) Interview, questionnaire and results analysis.


One topic


Three subjects


Round Tables


Mediators


R1


R1

R2

R1


R2

R3

R1


R1R2

R3R2

R2

R3

R1R3

R1


How to Organize


UNESP - Bauru (São Paulo - Brazil)


Case Study

• were organized as a parallel activity (not part of the formal university schedule);• were organized by students for students;• aimed the discussions of their own education and stimulated a pro-active behavior of the students, namely the freshman's; • Enhancement of the cohesion amongst the student, • Engagement on initiative and extra-class project, • Student political participation’ growth in the university


UNESP+MGF

• Integrated events, i.e. Parties, seminars and workshops organized by the students for all students of the course instead of one particular habilitation;

• Maintenance of students communication and mobilization formats such as a free access Wiki that registers the students’ activities and actions;

• Reinforcement of the university identity and community by the constant presence in national and regional design events.


Enhancement of the cohesion

• It is evidenced by the increasing amount of engaged students:

• in event organization and staff (N Design, R Design, Inters and academic weeks )

• that have applied for the Junior Company and to support Student Council activities.


Engagement on projects

• The opening of the UNESP student council in UNESP;

• The student participation in the student national actions;

• The student participation in the Cone Design.


Student political participation


1 + 1


1 + 1= : )


Thank youGrazie

ObrigadoDanke

DankzijGraciasध"यवाद

Valeu rei!