FROM CHAIR TO CHAIR Age group: 8 - 88 Keywords: Intercultural Learning, Participation. Time required: 90 minutes Number of people: Minimum 10, maximum 30 Equipment, materials, and space needed: Large room, chairs in a circle, instructions’ handout for the two groups, object to be found, room plan drawn in red with the location of the object to be found, pens or markers (including red, blue and black), flipchart sheets. Activity explored and suggested by: Aventura Marão Clube Portugal.
Aim of the method: To reflect on the dynamics between different people and groups, to identify the principles and competencies essential to the promotion of diversity, and to reflect on one’s own attitudes and possible needs for change. Preparation: Identifying the object to be found and filling in and printing the instructions accordingly. Drawing the plan of the room.
DESCRIPTION INTRO The facilitator contextualizes the learning moment within the scope of the concrete context where the session takes place, the contents, the educational process and/ or the group concerned. The facilitator presents him or herself and gives the group members the opportunity to introduce themselves and share their experiences as well as their expectations.. EXPERIENCE The facilitator should explain that what will take place next is a simulation exercise and that, in order to get quality reflections from it, the participants must commit to it, clearly understand the instructions and rigorously follow them. The facilitator must divide the participants into two groups: one larger — corresponding to 2/3 of the group — and another smaller — corresponding to 1/3. The smallest group [Group B] must leave the room where the activity is taking place to another space, and, there, receive their instructions, which should be read autonomously. In the meantime, the larger group [Group A] is also given instructions which are also read independently. The facilitator reminds both groups they have only 10 minutes before the challenge starts, informing them how much time is left and making him or herself available to clarify doubts, explaining he or she will only answer questions related to what is written in the instructions - anything related to strategy is up to the group. The facilitator stresses that the group must know the instructions well, since, when the challenge begins, they will not keep them. With this in mind, he or she asks to each group separately to say the instructions aloud, without reading them, correcting or reinforcing aspects that seem to need clarification. At the end of the 10 minutes, the facilitator indicates to Group A that the exercise will
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