Abstract
Intervention in education regarding social relations, especially understanding profiles and role tasks within the family, becomes a fundamental social issue experienced by children with mental and intellectual disabilities. Due to their limitations in communication and interaction with others, these children find it challenging to comprehend the complexity of social relations within the family. Educational toys are a fun learning medium, and with their holistic approach, they can improve children's motor, sensory, and creative skills. In designing educational toys, it is essential for researchers to collaborate with parents, companions, and children as key stakeholders. Researchers use the method of participatory visual research (PVR), specifically photograph diaries and visual diaries, to understand the thoughts, feelings, and perspectives of children with mental and intellectual disabilities that cannot be conveyed through words. The research team consisted of 6 people who collaborated with 12 children with intellectual disabilities, 12 parent representatives, and 4 accompanying teachers at the elementary school level at Ulaka Special School, South Jakarta. In its implementation, photographic diaries and visual diaries were distributed to teachers’ companions at school, which will be filled by the child and assisted by the parents for 1 week. The results of the photographic diary and visual diary were analyzed using thematic analysis, which generated insight for educational toys. This research shows that the PVR method is effective in providing deep insight into creating educational solutions that meet user needs.
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Lia Herna, Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, Indonesia
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Conference: MediAsia2024
Stream: Visual Communication
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Herna L. (2024) Photography and Visual Diary: Participatory Visual Research for Creating Educational Toys That Enhance Social Skills in Children With Disabilities ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 359-367) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2024.29
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2024.29
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