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Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module

Cilt: 37 Sayı: 1 31 Ocak 2026
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Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module

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This is a social responsibility project that aims to provide design-oriented solutions to create a positive change by fostering awareness about recycling, and environmental issues among children in disadvantageous neighborhoods and all the public spaces prioritizing schools in İzmir, Turkey. The project used a co-design approach to gather insights and determine the needs of the community in disadvantaged neighborhoods, offering an interdisciplinary perspective to the design process. Based on the workshop session findings which is conducted with a focus group of children a mobile urban module is designed to circulate within the city and host activities according to the needs and dreams of the community. The “PLAY” concept was the central aspect of this social responsibility project; therefore, students from the İzmir University of Economics (İUE) collaborated with children and stakeholders -the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) and Izmir Chamber of Commerce (İZTO)- to design various aspects of the mobile urban module, including graphic identity, service-system strategy, interior design, and product design. We believe that children need to be primary actors in their own education life and raise their voices in the situations and decisions that affect them.

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Etik Beyan

The author has obtained informed consent from all participants.

Teşekkür

The authors would like to thank İzmir Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) managerial staff, Municipality's Climate Change and Zero Waste Department; İzmir Chamber of Commerce (İZTO) managerial staff, the following professional committees in İZTO; fabric professional committee; garment materials, and machinery professional committee; carpet, floor and wall coverings professional committee; furniture professional committee; electrical equipment and installation professional committee; advertising and organization professional committee; architecture professional committee; plastic professional committee; Izmir University of Economics (İEU), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design managerial staff, designers and 11 children who took part in the design process.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sosyal Hizmetler (Diğer)

Bölüm

Olgu Sunumu

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Ocak 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

3 Eylül 2024

Kabul Tarihi

6 Ağustos 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 37 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kan, D., & Albayrak Kutlay, Y. (2026). Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet, 37(1), 369-396. https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1542732
AMA
1.Kan D, Albayrak Kutlay Y. Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. 2026;37(1):369-396. doi:10.33417/tsh.1542732
Chicago
Kan, Didem, ve Yasemin Albayrak Kutlay. 2026. “Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module”. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet 37 (1): 369-96. https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1542732.
EndNote
Kan D, Albayrak Kutlay Y (01 Ocak 2026) Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet 37 1 369–396.
IEEE
[1]D. Kan ve Y. Albayrak Kutlay, “Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module”, Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet, c. 37, sy 1, ss. 369–396, Oca. 2026, doi: 10.33417/tsh.1542732.
ISNAD
Kan, Didem - Albayrak Kutlay, Yasemin. “Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module”. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet 37/1 (01 Ocak 2026): 369-396. https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1542732.
JAMA
1.Kan D, Albayrak Kutlay Y. Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. 2026;37:369–396.
MLA
Kan, Didem, ve Yasemin Albayrak Kutlay. “Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module”. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet, c. 37, sy 1, Ocak 2026, ss. 369-96, doi:10.33417/tsh.1542732.
Vancouver
1.Didem Kan, Yasemin Albayrak Kutlay. Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through Interactive Education: Design and Implementation of a Mobile Urban Module. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. 01 Ocak 2026;37(1):369-96. doi:10.33417/tsh.1542732