- Sneha Arvind
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 16, 2019
Sense-making to craft inspiring and motivating statements to fuel innovation
Note to Self
Insight statements portray opportunity and inspire action. Be careful about crafting insight statements that appear as problem statements or probable solution statements. They must inform, inspire and motivate.
There were several themes identified. I picked to craft insights for those three themes that felt most prominent and relevant to the project challenge.
Themes Identified
Growing reading Interests
Influence of time
Decision-making process while choosing a book
Favorite types of books
Formal education & Reading
Student Librarian Relationship
Over-supervised Child
Reading Choices
Navigation and Organisation
Power of a Challenge/Competition
Crafting Insights
Theme 1: Student-Librarian Relationship
Iterations
Inform: An overbearing librarian negatively influences a student's attitude towards their school library and reading in general. (feels like the problem only?)
Inspire: A healthy librarian-student relationship fuels a positive attitude towards the school library. (feels like a solution?)
Final Insight 1
The nature of a student's relationship with their librarian plays a pivotal role in shaping their interest in reading and the school library
Theme 2: Over-disciplined Child
Iterations
Inform: Strict restrictions on reading choices and conventional rules on expected behavior in the library make students feel over-controlled, powerless and frustrated.
Inspire: Children crave a library atmosphere where they feel free, inspired and valued.
Final Insight 2
Children desire a more friendly library system that empowers them to exercise freedom with accountability.
Theme 3: Reading Choices
On average, a clear majority of books read by students in 2018 were not from the library despite the weekly library lesson. Surprisingly, children failed to remember the last book they completed from the school library's collection. Among many reasons for this, the following insight is one of them.
Iterations
Inform: The types of books teachers presume as appropriate for middle school children to read at their reading level are different than those students choose to read outside the academic environment.
Final Insight 3
The generation gap between teachers and students has led to a lack of understanding of student's true reading interests.
Final Insight 4
The lack of popular fiction titles and humorous books steers novice and nonreaders away from relying on the school library to help them read more.
Final Insight 5
Non-readers and novice readers crave guidance and time to browse the library and discover books of their interest.
Bringing my insights to life
