Developing a Sustainable Design-Based Creative Board Game to Enhance Children’s Creativity and Maritime Awareness

Anda  Iviana  Juniani; Putri Amelia; Dika Rahayu Widiana; Wiediartini Wiediartini; Widya Emilia Primaningtyas; Khoirul Amin; Rizal Indrawan; Rifqi Abid Maulana; Rabbani Budi Santosa; Dhandys Ayu Juli Anjhani; Dava Khilla Kurniawan

doi:10.28932/ice.v7i2.14425

Authors

Anda Iviana Juniani Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Putri Amelia Faculty of Information Technology and Creative Industries, Universitas Internasional Semen Indonesia, Surabaya, Indonesia
Dika Rahayu Widiana Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Wiediartini Wiediartini Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Widya Emilia Primaningtyas Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Khoirul Amin Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Rizal Indrawan Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Rifqi Abid Maulana Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Rabbani Budi Santosa Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Dhandys Ayu Juli Anjhani Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Dava Khilla Kurniawan Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28932/ice.v7i2.14425

Keywords:

children’s creativity, creative board game, design for sustainability, maritime environment

Abstract

Creativity is an important 21st century competency in which instructional media must be able to stimulate flexible thinking and meaningful problem solving. Board games offer significant pedagogical potential by integrating playfulness with structured cognition. However, most of the commercial board games still use plastic-based materials, which raises concern about the environmental sustainability, especially in the context that is affected by plastic pollution. To address this gap, the present study developed a creative board game with a maritime environmental awareness theme using the Design for Sustainability (DfS) approach, ensuring dual pedagogical value that fostering children’s creativity while embedding ecological responsibility through sustainable material and design. The Research and Development (R&D) method following the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) stages of the ADDIE model. Validation results showed feasibility scores of 89%, based on media experts, and 88%, based on material experts, which are both in the "highly feasible" category. These findings validate the board game as a sound medium for stimulating creativity and ecological awareness. Future research should implement and evaluate the tool with children to provide empirical evidence of its effectiveness.

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