Responsibility and Sustainability (Jan 2016)
When education serves the interests of a social cause: description of an educational experience with primary school and university students
Abstract
Students on the Advertising and Design course of the Industrial Design Engineering degree took part in an educational experience that consisted of creating a poster to advertise a handicraft workshop organised to raise funds for NGO X. This project benefited all the agents involved: the university students developed teamwork and cooperation skills, and social awareness; the school students developed their sense of solidarity, collaboration and responsibility; and the teachers from different stages of education learned through the exchange of educational views and perspectives. Finally NGO X benefited from the media impact and the funding raised through the project.
