Interview door Margreet Meijer

Menne is a very inspirational designer for me. She has a career of which I dream. I am very enthusiastic about her way of designing, because it is very pragmatic and ecologically valid.

What is worth noticing, is that Menne herself gives lessons to children, to test her prototypes and acquire knowledge (research). In this way, Menne keeps feeling with the work field (education), the end users (teachers), and the eventual target group (children).

Because of this pragmatic approach, and testing of prototypes in practice, the interventions of Menne are ecologically valid and robust and internal consistent. This is a very strong point of the interventions of Menne.
Another very strong point is the involvement of stakeholders in judging design quality of the (prototypes) of the interventions. There is a kind of co-learning agreement between Menne and the practitioners. In the design process, Menne and practitioners collaborate intensively: through action – testing of prototypes (research) – and reflection on action (evaluation of prototypes).
In this way, the external consistency of the program is ensured.

To conclude, I admire Menne because of her way of design, and the fact that she so much has reached. She has done and is doing wonderful things!


Klik hier voor het interview met Julie Menne, door Margreet Meijer.


Aanmelden nieuwsbrief

Schrijf u in voor de nieuwsbrief (5x per jaar) en blijf op de hoogte van de laatste ontwikkelingen van het rekenprogramma Met Sprongen Vooruit!