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Uncover and Discover. 2011-2012 Traveling Workshop State 4-H Leadership Council. Uncover. Purpose: Acquaint or re-acquaint volunteers with three project areas relevant to 21 st Century Youth Development Leisure Education/Recreation Home Environment (Home and Personal Living Space)
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Uncover and Discover 2011-2012 Traveling Workshop State 4-H Leadership Council
Uncover Purpose: Acquaint or re-acquaint volunteers with three project areas relevant to 21st Century Youth Development • Leisure Education/Recreation • Home Environment (Home and Personal Living Space) • Citizenship
4-H Life Skills • Social skills • Self-motivation • Healthy Lifestyle • Learning to Learn
Experiencing Sharing Processing Applying Generalizing Doing, Reflecting & Applying Do Apply Reflect
TIP It is not possible to teach anyone, anything. It is only possible to arrange for someone to learn. Experiential Learning & Life Skills Development • Isn’t mere information-giving • Isn’t mere entertaining • Is creating a learning environment • Is structuring learning experiences • Is helping the learning interact with information
Project Objectives • Provide standards or a guide for project work. • Sound project experiences. • Evaluate the progress made in improving his/her skills • With the fundamental knowledge and skills members continue to grow
Objectives • Develop fundamental knowledge and skills in the project area. • Apply critical thinking skills. • Through experiential learning, members develop life skills of character, decision-making, communication and marketable skills. • Apply 4-H training and experience in exploring and preparing for a career. • Demonstrate the understanding and application of Community Service Volunteering; Leadership; Responsible Citizenship and Contributing to Group Efforts.
CurriculumExploring Citizenship • Unit 1 – "Me, My Family and My Friends“ • Unit 2 – “My Neighborhood” • Unit 3 – “My Clubs and Groups” • Unit 4 – “My Community” • Unit 5 – “My Heritage” • Unit 6 – “My Government” • Unit 7 – “My World”
Curriculum Leisure Education • The study of play, leisure, recreation and creativity • Healthy lifestyle choices • Choosing activities which contribute to the achievement of ones purpose, the satisfaction of ones needs, and the enhancement of ones quality of living • Aware of the external pressures competing for attention and learning to make wise choices in the constructive use time and resources • Learning to respect interests, talents, capacities and potentials through intrinsic rewards. • Recognize that it is a lifelong process which change, thus the individual learns to explore satisfying leisure experiences. • Forms of Leisure Education • Social Recreation • Expressive Arts • Cultural Heritage • Outdoor Education and Recreation • Sports, Exercise and Physical Activities • Hobby
CurriculumHome Environment • Solutions to contemporary and emerging problems within a framework of ethical and social responsibility • Nurturing Relationships • Consumer Education • Financial Management • Design • Housing • Merchandising • Creative Problem Solving • Science and Technology • History • Safety and Healthy Practices
State ObjectivesCitizenship • Become aware of nurturing relationships with others • Active and responsible citizen. • Demonstrate responsibility; learn to respect individual rights, the rights of the body as a whole and to respond to the needs of others • Demonstrate the mastery of the life skill contributing to groupefforts • Gain insights into the principles, processes and structures of democracy. • Demonstrates an understanding and application of thinking and managing • Learn how issues affect the people and demonstrate how individuals can get involved in addressing issues • Demonstrates an understanding and application of relating and caring
State ObjectivesRecreation/Leisure Education • Recreational/leisure arts contribute to the physical and emotional health • Develop resources which make wholesome leisure opportunities • Educate how that hobbies/leisure arts contribute to personal development, mental health and physical well-being. • Learn to select and lead group recreational opportunities, programs, workshops, etc. that are age, physically and developmental appropriate.
State ObjectivesHome Environment • Learn and apply principles of design and function. • Learn to adapt and design storage, furniture and personal living space which are more convenient, comfortable and attractive and fits the family’s resources. • Textile knowledge and products application to home interiors and special needs • Recycle, refinish, rebuild, reupholster, paint, etc. • Quality workmanship, good judgment and creativity. • Consumer skills • Career opportunities in home interiors, interior design and construction, textiles, etc. • Apply knowledge and skills to leadership and citizenship opportunities and needs.
Curriculum Exploring Citizenship - http://florida4h.org/projects/leadership/groupbib_CCE.shtm Personal Living Space - http://oklahoma4h.okstate.edu/litol/ Leisure Education – under revision Home Environment – under revision