QnA

Question 1

what did you consider as a project but ultimately decided to reject?

Answer 1

1) myopia
2) low blood donation
3) mental health issues

Question 2

What have you learnt from this project?

Answer 2

1) Posture: significance, prevalence (personal)
2) Pedagogy
3) Continual improvement on project limitations

Question 3

Why did your group pick this topic

Answer 3

1) Prevalence
2) Significance
3) Largely neglected on national scale

Question 4

What are some possible extensions to your project?

Answer 4

1) Involve parents in more solutions
2) Increase target group to students of higher education levels
3) Tackling different causes like heavy bags

Question 5

Why is this a significant problem?

Answer 5

1) Harms physical wellbeing
2) Psychological wellbeing
3) Financial cost to individuals and economic cost to SG

Question 6

Why do you think this issue is largely neglected on a national scale?

Answer 6

1) Develops slowly over time
2) Effects are not as immediate and noticeable as other health issues
3) Do not directly threaten national stability and is therefore not prioritised

Question 7

What could the case study exhibition Stand Corrected have improved on?

Answer 7

1) Lack of follow-up initiatives
2) No specific target group to tailor solutions to
3) Insufficient time for people to absorb the info

Question 8

How did you ensure reliability of your research findings

Answer 8

1) Sufficiently representative sample size with a range of survey respondents of different backgrounds
2) Survey designed with simple language, more likely to answer genuinely
3) Obtained information from credible sites and corroborated data with multiple sources

Question 9

How can you improve on primary/secondary data collection techniques?

Answer 9

1) Increase sample size
2) Contact stakeholders (partners, case study) directly to gain a more holistic understanding of problem and refine solutions
3) Access paywalled articles ??

Question 10

What insights have you gained from the research process?

Answer 10

1) Importance of corroboration
2) Extrapolation based on available data
3) idk lmfao

Question 11

What were the similarities/differences between your exhibition and the Stand Corrected exhibition?

Answer 11

1) Both exhibitions are targeted at raising awareness of postural issues
2) Our exhibition is an in-school exhibition specifically targeted at primary school children while Stand Corrected is a public roadshow
3) Our exhibition is long-term and returns to schools annually while Stand Corrected was once off

Question 12

Why did your group pick your partners?

Answer 12

1) Aligned vision
2) Resources and expertise
3) Direct connection

Question 13

what were some of the challenges you faced when researching this topic?

Answer 13

1) COVID19, unable to survey children F2F
2) Lack of local research and findings to corroborate with
3) Source information was vague

Question 14

If this target group were to be older/younger, which solution do you think will be the most successful?

Answer 14

Older: App and Alarm
1) Access to own mobile device
2) Maturity and responsibility
3)

Younger: PE lessons

1) Posture song and dance is creative and fun
2) Teachers to guide them
3) Animated cartoon video

Question 15

What are specific features of your project that can be easily applied to other target groups?

Answer 15

1) Posture song and dance: can be applied to even younger children (kindergarteners), they will have a lot of fun
2) App: can be easily applied to teenagers/adults, might even be easier to apply it to them because they have their own phones and may need less external help to reinforce formation and practice of good habits
3) Pe module can also be easily implemented in secondary schools and JC

Question 16

Why didn’t your group pick other age-group/target group

Answer 16

1) Spinal development completes at 8yo
2) Easier to form habits when young
3) receptive

Question 17

If this target group were to be different, how would you plan to adjust some parts of your solutions to better suit their needs?

Answer 17

1) Adjust complexity of info in exhibition materials
2) Use different kinds of songs in the song and dance
3) Adjust type of language used throughout programme

Question 18

Which of your solutions is likely to be the most popular/impactful/memorable in ((target place))

Answer 18

1) Popular - posture song and dance
2) Impactful - app and alarm
3) Memorable - song and dance/exhibition
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Question 19

Which of your solutions do you think is the least effective and why?

Answer 19

Exhibition

1) passive
2) unoriginal
3) short-term
4) no guarantee they will participate

Question 20

Other than your target group, how does your project benefit the wider community (through your target group)?

Answer 20

1) parents will learn
2) future generations
3)

4) app is downloadable by public

Question 21

what other platforms/solutions did you consider?

Answer 21

1) Public roadshow in malls

2) Online-based solutions instead of lessons

Question 22

If given a chance to improve a solution given unlimited resources, which solution will you improve and how will you go about doing so?

Answer 22

1) Invite local celebrities to do song and dance
2)
3)

Question 23

If your solution is supposed to work, why do you think none of them have already been implemented?

Answer 23

1) Not enough emphasis has been given to the problem
2)
3)

Question 24

How does your project showcase creativity?

Answer 24

1) Mascots
2) Interactive exhibits
3) Song and Dance

Question 25

what are the limitations of your solutions and ways to overcome them?

Answer 25

1) Exhibition: may not fully understand + funding
2) PE lessons: require follow up
3) Alarm and App: no incentive (LB) and forget to check app (in built screen)

Question 26

what makes your solution effective/what are the strengths?

Answer 26

1) Exhibition allows to explore at own pace, learning style
2) Posture song and dance
3) Alarm and app is source for refer, repeated reminders