NEWTON SEA - Creative and Participatory Transcultural Practices and Problem Solving Through Game Design and Computational Thinking (CreativeCulture)

该项目旨在解决马来西亚偏远农村地区儿童的学习问题、挑战和机会，并调查他们对使用创意文化模式学习的接受度和参与度。在拟议的参与性研究中成功实施和测试后，研究结果将向马来西亚通报有效注入创意文化模式的方法，以帮助和加速偏远农村地区儿童的学习。为了开发创意文化模式，该项目将探索、开发和试验艺术、设计和文化在通过游戏设计和计算思维加强教育中的创意思维、解决问题和发展方面的影响。该项目与将艺术纳入科学、技术、工程和数学教育(STEAM)相一致，通过创造力实现真正的创新和新思维，实现这些学科的潜力。艺术和文化促进创造力，创造力导致创新、新思维和超越现有技能；所有这些都是社会和经济转型所需要的触发因素。还需要在小学和中学期间对主题进行有趣、好玩、动手、社会和文化基础的探索，以促进情景和更深入的学习。因此，在艺术、设计、文化、科学和工程等不同领域的边缘创造游戏作为一种合作活动，可以成为培养这些思维模式和实践的肥沃土壤。

The project aims to address learning issues, challenges and opportunities with Malaysian children of remote rural areas, and to investigate their acceptance to and engagement with learning using the CreativeCulture model. Upon successful implementation and testing in the proposed participatory studies, the outcome of the research will inform Malaysia on means for effectively infusing the CreativeCulture model to assist and accelerate learning for children in remote rural locations.To develop the CreativeCulture model, the project will explore, exploit and experiment the impact of arts, design and culture in enhancing creative thinking, problem solving and development in education through game design and computational thinking. The project is aligned with the inclusion of Arts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education (STEAM), realising the potential of these subjects by enabling true innovation and new thinking through creativity. Art and culture boost creativity and creativity leads to innovation, new thinking and moving beyondexisting skills; all together are triggers and needed in the social and economical transformation. There is also a need for fun, playful, hands-on, socially and culturally grounded explorations of topics during primary and secondary school to foster contextualised and deeper learning. Hence, creating games as a cooperative activity on the edge of the diverse fields of Art, Design, Culture, Science, and Engineering can be a fertile ground to cultivate these mind-sets and practices.