Abstract
In this chapter, we will examine how a faculty member in the discipline of Textiles and Clothing changed the service activities from the service for the service recipients to the service with the service recipients through a co-design process. University students used to make clothes or dresses for the service recipients, who are people with special needs. Alternatively, the co-design process allowed the service recipients to get involved as a partner in the process of making clothes. The outcomes observed by the faculty member will be reported. Contact theory will be used to explain how the features in the co-design process, say equal status, common goals, intergroup cooperation, and support of authorities, benefited both the students and the people with special needs. Copyright © 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Service-learning capacity enhancement in Hong Kong higher education |
| Editors | Grace NGAI, Daniel T.L. SHEK |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 257-271 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811924378 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811924361 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Citation
Xu, H., & Chan, M. Y. L. (2022). Co-designing with people with special needs: An analysis from contact theory. In G. Ngai & D. T. L. Shek (Eds.), Service-learning capacity enhancement in Hong Kong higher education (pp. 257-271). Singapore: Springer.Keywords
- Co-design
- Contact theory
- Service with service recipients
