Literacy & Equality through Alternative Methodologies

Slieve Russell Hotel, Co Cavan

What I Learned

Awareness of students’ equality issues, creative methods in learning, tutoring and organizing

New methodologies especially storytelling and drama

Image theatre ideas, story making and story telling ideas, fun games

That there are many possibilities and methods when it comes to learning

Interactive, participative fun

Some interactive methodologies

Story ideas, icebreakers, that this was not all for me, can be creative

Variety of methodologies

How to develop story-telling techniques

Narrative ideas, how to recycle

What image theatre is, and how I might use it in practice

Diversity also relates to methodologies in learning

One person to refuse to participate as demonstrated

Not enough time on some e.g. drama, start late on first day (journey)

Relevance, students’ opinions, ‘real experience’

Image theatre not clearly directed

More time for Jo’s drama session

No men for male reaction and opinion

More time

Maybe more ideas about how to apply the teaching

Too much to take in in too short a time

More explanation around Image theatre, not enough time or too much put into drama workshop

Drama too mixed up

More in-depth demonstration, particularly in image theatre and the directing of it.

What I liked

The attitude (fun but enthusiastic) of everybody

Storytelling marvelous

Drama, Zipper workshop, stretching boundaries

Loved the storytelling session

The sharing and exploring of new knowledge and discovering ways of integrating this into practice

Liked the facilitators, very enthusiastic

Liked different subjects, the other participants are a very friendly group

The group, the venue

Zipper workshop, storytelling, the group, the venue

Working within a group and learning lots of ideas and opinions

Finding new literacy tools, the person as a resource, storytelling, relaxed approach, time to reflect

Storytelling, interesting, relevant, enjoyable, useful