Updated QnA

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Myopia
Current measures already in place, NMPP
Insufficient blood donations
Temporal issue due to people fearful of healthcare situation during pandemic
Mental health issues
Current measures already in place, MOE

Question 2

What have you learnt from this project?

Answer 2

About Posture
Choose from significance, prevalence and lack of attention
About pedagogy
Creating creative solutions tailored to children
About the continual process of refining a project
abt habit formation

Question 3

Why did your group pick this topic

Answer 3

Significance
Prevalence
Lack of attention

Question 4

What are some possible extensions to your project?

Answer 4

Address other causes like heavy bags
Include more parental involvement in solutions
Implement further follow-up initiatives in higher education levels

Question 5

Why is this a significant problem?

Answer 5

Deleterious physical consequences
Financial strain for individual
Economic and healthcare strain on the nation

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Develops slowly over time
Effects of poor posture can be misattributed to other potential causes
Prioritising of other more life-threatening diseases

Question 7

How will you know your project has succeeded?

Answer 7

Less people suffering from effects of poor posture
Presence of posture-related campaigns and programmes nationally
can conduct routine surveys to see whether percentage of people who have attended posture related programme has increased, whether people are more confident in their knowledge of posture stretches, etc

Question 8

What could Stand Corrected have improved on?

Answer 8

Increase duration of exhibition for sustainability
Increase number of locations visited
Implement follow-up initiatives or publicity for such initiatives (to ensure people have retained info)

Question 9

How did you ensure reliability of your research findings

Answer 9

Relatively large sample size of primary survey
Survey design is designed for reliability: option based
Corroboration of seconary data research

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Increase sample size of primary survey
Conduct in person surveys
Consult secondary sources directly

Question 11

What insights have you gained from the research process?

Answer 11

Lack of attention given to problem on national scale
No local figures?
Learnt about the true prevalence of poor posture on the ground
Importance of corroboration in ensuring reliability of data

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Lack of local figures
Sources that were contradicting or did not address what we were looking for specifically
No in-person surveys because COVID

Question 13

What makes SG unique as compared to other countries

Answer 13

workaholic studying culture, more sedentary lifestyle, more likely to develop poor posture,
Zero local research done on poor posture showing the degree to which it is neglected here (there are intl studies)
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Question 14

Why did your group pick your partners?

Answer 14

Aligned visions and mutual benefit
Resources and expertise needed for our solutions
Direct connections to school

Question 15

What other partner can you approach?

Answer 15

MCCY
Vision: Seeks to engage the youth, Build community spirit and inspire Singaporeans in the arts and sports. hosts and funds a variety of sports events

Aligned visions and mutual benefit
Resources and expertise needed for our solutions
Direct connections to CCs for expanding to other grps

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Spinal development completes at age 10 and can spinal damage becomes irreversible
Habits are easier to form and retain from childhood

Question 17

How does the wider community benefit from your project (through your target group)?

Answer 17

Children can go home and pass on their knowledge to parents, grandparents, siblings and future generation

Sets a precedent for future posture-related programmes that different target groups can benefit from

Question 18

How do you ensure that the intended message of your solutions is brought across?

Answer 18

Used creativity to tailor to children’s need for engagement
Simple structure of explanations so that children can understand
Implemented teacher and parental guidance to guide children to understand the messages

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Meerkat Monitoring- Reminder app and alarm
More autonomy in using the app
More intrinsic motivation thanks to maturity

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Meerkat Motion- PE lessons and Posture S&D
More structured guidance by teachers
Fun dance for short attention spans
Physical activity booklets they can hold and read

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Fun stuff like mascots and PS&D can be applied to younger children
Mature stuff like exhibits and reminder app and alarm can be applied to adults and older children
PE modules can be implemented in secondary schools and JCs

Question 22

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 22

Exhibition posters can be with greater detail and information
PS&D change the song to suit the TG
More advanced settings for the reminder alarm, like customising your own stretch routines according to which of your core muscles are weaker, a self-diagnosis test for that too, idk?

Question 23

Which of your solutions do you think is the most essential and why?

Answer 23

Meerkat Motion- PE lessons & PS&D
Can stand alone, addresses both causes
Children most likely to actively participate since teachers supervise
Most likely to be memorable because fun
Outreach: all primary sch kids will go through it

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Meerkat Mentor- exhibition
Teaches about the importance of good posture which is also covered in the PE lessons
Does not really teach about stretches, the second major cause
Children more likely to participate only passively and this is also not guaranteed

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Meerkat Monitoring- Reminder app and alarm
Follows the framework of habit formation Uses repeated reminders to ingrain the habit
Can be used indefinitely, most sustainable solution
Kids responses show that they like it the most
Caters to their learning pace

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Meerkat Mentor- exhibition
Passive learning
Unoriginal
Least long-lasting

Question 27

Which of your solutions is likely to be the most popular?

Answer 27

Meerkat Motion- PE lessons and PS&D
Fun activity
Can be done with friends
Catchy song

Question 28

What other platforms/venues did you consider?

Answer 28

Exhibition in public areas such as mall
Online-based stretching lessons
Alarm inside the app (no physical reminder alarm)

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Lack of attention given to poor posture by the public in general
Government prioritise and allocate resources to tackling other issues

Question 30

How does your project showcase creativity?

Answer 30

• relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something
  Use of animated mascots
  Interactive exhibits
  Posture Song and Dance

picked a topic that has never been tackled on a national level (unique idea, had to come up with completely original flow of action plan as we had barely any references to build on).

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Exhibition: may not fully understand, station guides
PE lessons: may not be sustainable, follow up during subject lessons
Alarm & App: lack of incentive, add leaderboard

Question 32

What are the strengths of your solutions?

Answer 32

Exhibition: explore at your own pace, different learning styles
PE lessons: teachers supervised guidance, music is a memory aid
Alarm & App: uses repeated reminders to cultivate posture habits, catalogue to ensure stretches not forgotten

Question 33

What factors would impact the long term success of your project

Answer 33

Resources channeled into the project
Receptiveness of children, parents and Singaporeans in general
Whether or not other follow-up initiatives tackling poor posture continue to spring up in SG

Question 34

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 34

Exhibition: increase variety of and technology used in booths, make it a huge wide-scale programme and well-publicised and hyped on social media too
PE lessons: invite celebrities to do the dance too
Alarm & App: make it also come with a website? Have the screen animation inbuilt into the alarm or maybe even put the whole app software into the alarm lol

Question 35

Why is your project sustainable?

Answer 35

Reproducibility (every year, can use app indefinitely)
Financial sustainability (initial investment of resources, but can be used for generations + can bulk buy raw materials for timer)
Environmental sustainability (no waste as everything is reused, plus once kids no longer need to use timer they can just pass it to friends and family members, no ewaste, benefits the community)