year 1 practicum

AWARE RESEARCH REPORT

NOVEMBER 2018-FEBRUARY 2019
Student Researcher

AWARE is the Association of Women for Action and Research. It is a non-profit organisation that aims to remove barrier through research, advocacy, education, training and support services.

A report was done by students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Diploma of Psychology Studies to explore the parental division of labour as affected by parent-child relationships and the presence of grandparents in a household.

AWARE has collaborated with my team and me to conduct a research study on the gendered division of labour in a household and young people's perceptions, behaviours and beliefs regarding the division of labour in terms of caregiving responsibilities and gender roles.

How to work with others and acquire suitable and useful skills
The data collection process
How to recruit people for the survey
How to analyse information from various sources and compile them into SPSS

WHAT I LEARNT

SKILLS

Proposal and report writing
Communication
Analytical skills

Data collection
Critical thinking
Interpersonal skills

WHAT I DID

Wrote a research report to analyse the effect of the parent-child relationship and the presence of grandparents on the division of labour. We also sourced and recruited people for the survey to provide the data needed for the reports.
Recruited people for the survey
Analysed and complied data using SPSS

HEB-ASHRAM FAMILY DAY

JANUARY 2019
Student Facilitator and Volunteer

Ashram Family Day is a family-friendly carnival, hosted on 6 January 2019, in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of HEB-Ashram.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Psychology Studies Students were partners in this event.

All students were put in groups of 6 and are in charge of a booth.

My group and I created a game called "Ball Toss" and through the event, we interacted with about 200 residents of all ages while assisting them in the game and questions.

WHAT I DID

Before the event, we created an educational booth that advocates pro-social messages for a diverse crowd.
Created the activity ball toss to educate and send pro-social messages for a diverse crowd
Came up with questions that can help forge better social and familial relationships
Set up and facilitated booth
Measured feedback from members of Ashram
Created poster to attract volunteers for the event
Explained the event and booth to members

WHAT I LEARNT

Understood more about issues and problems that residents and their family members face
How to build better relationships between family members
How to communicate with members and their friends about issues that they may face in society
How to evaluate and measure the results of a mass event

SKILLS

Creativity
Facilitation
Communication
Project management

Teamwork
Volunteer management