I’m considering removing the educational aspect from my project and reframing my research question.
I’m trying to find the reason why I am reluctant to categorize my project within the confines of “education”. I feel that categorizing my project under “education” could undermine the individual, spontaneous, and organic nature of creative expression. Maybe I believe that creativity is a natural human experience and an expression of individuality that shouldn’t be institutionalized.
My project focuses on creativity and self-expression and might inherently be interdisciplinary, drawing from psychology, sociology, art, technology, and even philosophy. The term “education” might seem too restrictive or fail to encompass the disciplines my project touches upon. My project is meant to be flexible, constantly evolving, and adapted to the needs and backgrounds of diverse individuals; the “education” label feels too static or limiting.
My project is centred around self-directed learning and lets them free from the formal authority,traditional hierarchy structure. Or just simply my tendency to resist boxed identities.
I might think I’m not good enough or noble mind to deal with the educational aspect, even I say my hesitation could stem from a desire to preserve the essence of creativity and self-expression as free from limitations, fluid, resistant to standardization, and reflective of individual and cultural diversity.
For this reason, my current research question needs to be reframed to reflect a focus on creativity and self-expression within the digital age for preteens.
Current question: How can we support and empower preteens to become active creators in the digital age?
If I were to remove the educational framework from this concept, I wonder about its impact on children. What elements would evoke joy and interest in them? Would parents still have a reason to believe that this experience would empower their children? There’s a distinct contrast between the potential of a mere platform and personal capabilities. It makes me ponder whether the limitation is the commercialisation of the idea or perhaps its potential to be seen as mundane and ineffective.