Patchwork of NFE Methods - 3 Non Formal Education activities from Mobility held in Zagreb, September 2013. by Leila Younis Energizer: Caterpillar* Everybody stand in a line. First person is the head, and last person is the tale of the caterpillar. Head tries to catch the tale. (note: is not allowed to hold each other during the game) Name (learning-repeating-introduction) game: Ball Toss Participants toss a ball from one to another. Each person holding the ball calls out loud name of the person to who they toss a ball. Repeat few times as needed. - Variation: How you got your name?* Participant who has the ball has to tell the story on how he-she got their name. Main topic: Interculturality - Introduction activity: Greetings* Participants take the paper with written instruction and spend some time doing as instruction says: Greet by hug and kissing 3 times on cheeks Greet by hug and kissing 4 times on cheeks Greet by hug and kissing 2 times on cheeks Greet by putting hands in prayer position and bow Greet by bug warm hug Greet by strong hand shake Greet by weak hand shake and make 2 steps away from person Greet touching noses Debriefing questions: How do you usually greet? Greet someone on your usual way. How do you feel? Do you know who greets on the way you have just done? Please describe the difference in feeling from your usual greet and the one from instruction. Main activity: Prejudices and stereotypes: Journey to South Divide participants in small groups of 3-4 people. Each group gets list of 10-15 passengers and it has to choose 3 people they would travel with, and 3 people they would never travel with. The story is: You are in train-bus and you will be travelling for next 30 hours, choose 3 people from the list… After making list, groups come together in big circle for debriefing. Reflection questions: Please tell us about your decisions and explain it. How was the process? Why have you made such a choice? Why were we doing this game? What are prejudices and stereotypes? Why it is important to recognize them.. Etc. Tip for facilitators: The list of passengers should be adjusted to group’s age, level, needs and environment. Activity can be followed by sharing definitions of prejudice –stereotype – discrimination.
Please note too that activity can be used to discuss decision making process within the small groups, and the group dynamics and relationships amongst participants. End activity: Evaluation circle – Please say one word on how you feel now? Variations can be made as needed (Say how you feel; What did you learn; Would you like to share smth with the group? Etc.) *Source: http://www.nansen-dialogue.net/ndcosijek/pdf/Prirucnik.pdf - Only In Croatian Language Additional materials: Definitions: Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience Source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/prejudice :an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prejudice Stereotype: widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing Source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/stereotype : to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stereotype Discrimination: treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their skin colour, sex, sexuality, etc. Source: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/discrimination_1 : the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex Source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/discrimination For section on Manuals: The presentation of the Principles of NFE has been compiled of the materials from Compass – A Manual on Human Rights Education with Young people published by COE. http://eycb.coe.int/compass/en/contents.html With special emphasis on Chapters: 1.1.6 Formal and non-formal educational settings 1.2. 7 Intercultural education 1.4.5 Tips for facilitation until Chapter 2.