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Scratching Through Borders

Scratching Through Borders. Presented at Refresh 2011 Candace Lewko and Tobiah Goldstein The Youth In Transition Program . The Guiding Quote. Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. —Mahatma Gandhi. Scratching. Participate!

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Scratching Through Borders

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  1. Scratching Through Borders Presented at Refresh 2011 Candace Lewko and Tobiah Goldstein The Youth In Transition Program

  2. The Guiding Quote Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. —Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Scratching Participate! • Using a scratching utensil, attempt to scratch a similar image to the square provided in the bag. • Scratch during the presentation. • Take note of your own limitations, frustrations, and successes. Take note of the experience for short discussion at the end of the presentation.

  4. The Project • the learner group – ESL Literacy, ages 16-24 • the experience: How did the students get here? • arts-based tasks to practice problem-solving • taking the students on a journey where frustration already exists • facilitation of ‘scratching’

  5. The steps to achieving our goal

  6. Barriers to Success

  7. Facilitating the project required:

  8. The Outcome • a four-minute video that included original audio, music, and art produced by Youth In Transition on the topic of freedom and human rights • available on a DVD (produced for the students) and Lethbridge College social networking sites (Youtube, Facebook) • presented on Remembrance Day (2009) at a local school and at the 2010 ATESL con conference in Edmonton

  9. Reflection working square-by-square Is there an analogy to language learning? looking at ‘large tasks’ in small steps • scratching through their own limits, own perceived limitations • traversing borders

  10. Student Progress This learner group is presented with many borders/barriers in their Canadian educational journey. • on the surface: language learning/improvement • under the surface: confidence accomplishing larger tasks that seem difficult to complete, including additional language learning • negative coping strategies transformed into positive approaches to problem-solving

  11. Discussion Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. —Mahatma Gandhi Scratchboard created by participants of ‘Scratching Through Borders’ - ATESL Conference, Edmonton, 2010

  12. In Conclusion “The way we see the problem is the problem” - Stephen R. Covey Scratchboard created by participants of ‘Scratching Through Borders’ - RefreshConference, Lethbridge College, 2011

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