Learning By Solving as a Pedagogical Approach to Inclusive Health Innovation

Learning By Solving as a Pedagogical Approach to Inclusive Health Innovation

Author: 
Saidi, Trust
Place: 
Oxon
Publisher: 
Taylor and Francis
Date published: 
2020
Record type: 
Responsibility: 
van der Westhuizen, Donné, jt. author
Conrad, Nailah, jt. author
Mutsvangwa, Tinashe, jt. author
Douglas, Tania S., jt. author
Journal Title: 
Development Southern Africa
Source: 
Development Southern Africa Vol 37 No 3 2020 pp 418-431
Abstract: 

Universities can foster inclusive innovation by establishing a learning and innovation ecology that assists students to pioneer new ways of addressing societal challenges. The paper examines learning by solving as a means of capacitating students with skills for inclusive innovation. Using a platform of engaged scholarship along with design thinking as a problem-solving methodology in a master's level course, a case study is presented that addresses the experience of Deaf patients at a public healthcare facility in South Africa. The course bridged the gap between theory and practice, facilitated experiential learning, enabled students to handle complex challenges and enabled productive collaboration. The approach empowers students with a skill set for addressing contemporary social challenges, and resonates with the concept of the 'developmental university', which has the mandate of addressing the needs of the society in which it is located.

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CITATION: Saidi, Trust. Learning By Solving as a Pedagogical Approach to Inclusive Health Innovation . Oxon : Taylor and Francis , 2020. Development Southern Africa Vol 37 No 3 2020 pp 418-431 - Available at: https://library.au.int/learning-solving-pedagogical-approach-inclusive-health-innovation