Updated QnA Flashcards
What did you consider as a project but ultimately decided to reject?
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
What have you learnt from this project?
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
Why did your group pick this topic
Significance
Prevalence
Lack of attention
What are some possible extensions to your project?
Address other causes like heavy bags
Include more parental involvement in solutions
Implement further follow-up initiatives in higher education levels
Why is this a significant problem?
Deleterious physical consequences
Financial strain for individual
Economic and healthcare strain on the nation
Why do you think this issue is largely neglected on a national scale?
Develops slowly over time
Effects of poor posture can be misattributed to other potential causes
Prioritising of other more life-threatening diseases
How will you know your project has succeeded?
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
What could Stand Corrected have improved on?
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)
How did you ensure reliability of your research findings
Relatively large sample size of primary survey
Survey design is designed for reliability: option based
Corroboration of seconary data research
How can you improve on primary/secondary data collection techniques?
Increase sample size of primary survey
Conduct in person surveys
Consult secondary sources directly
What insights have you gained from the research process?
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
What were some of the challenges you faced when researching this topic?
Lack of local figures
Sources that were contradicting or did not address what we were looking for specifically
No in-person surveys because COVID
What makes SG unique as compared to other countries
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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Why did your group pick your partners?
Aligned visions and mutual benefit
Resources and expertise needed for our solutions
Direct connections to school
What other partner can you approach?
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
Why didn’t your group pick other age-group/target group
Spinal development completes at age 10 and can spinal damage becomes irreversible
Habits are easier to form and retain from childhood
How does the wider community benefit from your project (through your target group)?
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
How do you ensure that the intended message of your solutions is brought across?
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
If this target group were to be older, which solution do you think will be the most successful?
Meerkat Monitoring- Reminder app and alarm
More autonomy in using the app
More intrinsic motivation thanks to maturity
If this target group were to be younger, which solution do you think will be the most successful?
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
What are specific features of your project that can be easily applied to other target groups?
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
If this target group were to be different, how would you plan to adjust some parts of your solutions to better suit their needs?
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?
Which of your solutions do you think is the most essential and why?
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
Which of your solutions do you think is the least essential and why?
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
