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Cultural Vehicles in Education - assisting
the needs of vulnerable social groups
Life Together
06.03.2008
Artistic Unit
Teambuilding with use of artistic methods
| Subject of the unit |
Competences (key Lisbon competences) |
Practical skills |
Pedagogical aim |
Methods |
Didactic materials |
Duration and date |
| Getting to know everybody in the
group and Teambuilding |
VI. Social and civic competencies
VIII. Cultural awareness and expression
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VI.1. Working as a part of a group
VI.2.Feel more comfortable in a group / to
be able to present oneself in a more self-confident
manner
VI.2. To build up a trust in a group - to
be able to rely on a group
VIII. 1. To express emotions using dramatic
features
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To unite the group - teambuilding- for the participants
to get to know each other and start building the
trustTo raise interest of the participants in the
future workshops |
Group work on simple dramatic activities:Games
building up the trust among the participants individual
expressions of emotions in front of the group |
Not used |
4 hours (4 times 45 minutes) 06.03.2008 |
I A description of the activities
undertaken during the unit, including comments on
the reactions of the group/individual participants
1. Introduction
The introduction was made in the entertaining way. During the game everybody
introduced himself. This was repeated few times to ensure that the participants
will not forget names of the others for the next time.
2. Teambuilding activities
The group participated in all kind of games and activities uniting the participants
and building up the trust. At the beginning everybody was really shy and uncomfortable
during the activities but later we could observe that everybody enjoyed it
and the primary tension was relieving.
3. Expressing the feelings in an artistic way
Everybody was asked to make a statue out of himself that would express how
they feel at this moment. Thanks to this activity we could find out how the
participants feel about the entire workshops and define who indulge fully in
the activities and feel comfortable and who is still tensed by the unusual
activities of the workshop.
II Was the aim of the unit achieved
(the implementation of practical skills and the pedagogical
aim)?
The games and teambuilding activities are very important
in the group because most of the participants didn't
know each other, so it is essential for the first few
sessions to get to know everybody and build up the
trust to be able to work further with the group . especially
on the artistic activities in the future.
The games seem to be very helpful. During the game, each of the participants
repeated his name few times, so that everybody got a chance to remember it
for the next time. We could also observe relieve of the tension and the primary
shyness was deceasing. Some of the participants indulged even in the friendly
communication at the end of the workshop.
This all means really a big step because all of the clients (participants)
are the individuals from socially excluded background who have many bad experiences
throughout their life with their surroundings and with the people in general
so it is hard for them to open up.
The entire workshop was designed in entertaining manner. The participants enjoyed
it very much and laughed a lot during it. Everybody seemed enthusiastic about
the next session. Based on this we hope that we achieved the second aim and
build up their interest in participating on the project. However at this point
it is to early to make a conclusions. We do not want the participants to fill
out the forms necessary for the project or to document the workshop with the
camera until we are sure that all the participants feel comfortable in a group.
This evolves from the description of the group (clients) which we have already
mentioned.
III Other remarks (for example
on the interaction between artistic and educational
elements)
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