BE A DETECTIVE
(Session 5)
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Through the previous session, the children identified the opportunity of change by observing their surroundings. In this session and the following week, the children will become detectives in order to deeply engage with this hotspot to identify the root cause.
This step enables the children to learn more about their hotspot and gather data on it rather than directly rushing to the solution.
In order to be detectives, the children will need to be like the fly on the wall, which notices everything that is happening around silently and quietly so that they do not overlook any clue or aspect of the scenario.
This step enables the children to learn more about their hotspot and gather data on it rather than directly rushing to the solution.
In order to be detectives, the children will need to be like the fly on the wall, which notices everything that is happening around silently and quietly so that they do not overlook any clue or aspect of the scenario.
The people, environment and behavior stratification will help the children to simplify their observations and identify a pattern in them. As per the findings from the observations, the children can now form a hypothesis to identify the relationship between the observations and the hotspot. To lead the children to form an hypothesis, encourage them to form statements such as “If multiple classrooms have simultaneous sports session, the number of people using the bathroom post the period increases manifold and causes the bathroom to be dirty.”
Strategies to Facilitate the Session
- Grouping can be done so as to minimize distraction and maximize collaboration.
- Within the groups, lead the students to divide responsibilities, especially assign one person to collect all the evidences, one to collect/report all the findings to the class.
- Encourage the children to take pictures, videos or detailed notes as evidences and show it during the whole class sharing.
Things to Keep in Mind
- Children should observe their chosen hot spot multiple times at different points of time in the day to ensure that the observations are authentic. Also same spot needs to be observed by different children so that different perspectives and observations are taken into account.
- Keeping the timings tight to balance out the inside and outside classroom aspects of the process.
- Since a hypothesis is based on assumptions, encourage the students to get as much data about the hotspot as possible and identify if there is any shift between their understanding and actual observations.
- While observing the people’s behavior, children would need constant support from your end to reflect on the different possible motivations behind a behavior pattern instead of assuming or forming judgments about the stakeholders.
Before winding up the session, it will be a good move to lead the children to think about how they were able to look beyond their assumptions and move closer to the real challenge.