ENHANCE CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND CREATIVE ABILITIES THROUGH INNOVATION EDUCATION OF TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES

Shui Ham Ho, Yi Teng Shih

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Abstract

Creative education is a process for training students’ creativity and problem-solving skills, it helps them enhance their personal development leading to conduce to their future careers and quality of life. The creativity and innovation industries have become the future trend in Hong Kong's development in order to improve worldwide competitiveness. Alison indicated that cultural differences start to emerge at a young age and those leads to all sorts of subtle differences in the way we think and acts. In which, secondary school students are much easier targeted to integrate into difference cultures. According to Hong Kong Intangible Culture Heritage Office, bamboo crafts provide citizens with a sense of identity and continuity. Bamboo craft is one of the famous traditional techniques in Hong Kong's culture, involved in different application in our daily life such as cookware, containers and building techniques. Besides, there are items that occasionally appear in seasonal festivals or funerals such as bamboo theatres, offerings and lion-dance. The knowledge and techniques taught through this project contains enlightening and cultural-specific elements, contributing to the development of a proper “maker’s mentality” in future generations, whilst preserving traditional Hong Kong Craftsmanship in an engaging and meaningful manner. Possible opportunities are identified for educating bamboo crafts for future generations in order to cultivate students’ creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The purpose of this study is to develop techniques for using traditional craft learning and teaching materials to improve students' cultural and creative abilities and to inherit traditional Hong Kong handicrafts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Subtitle of host publicationResponsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023
EditorsIsabel Ordonez Pizarro, Paolo Sustersic, Lyndon Buck, Hilary Grierson, Erik Bohemia
PublisherThe Design Society
Pages151-156
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781912254194
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2023
Event25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2023 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 7 Sept 20238 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2023
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period7/09/238/09/23

Keywords

  • bamboo crafts
  • Creative education
  • cultural education
  • traditional crafts

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Education

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