Tools
Group Portrait
This exercise from the Personal Development Module encourages participants to focus on others rather than on themselves. Through looking at and drawing other members of their group, they can understand and acknowledge the importance of each member of the group.
The expected learning outcomes for youth workers:
- Experiment with ideas: engage in new techniques for creative thinking, experiment with ideas in different ways.
- Explain the creative process: identify the creative challenge clearly, develop idea to conclusion.
- Leadership: inspire and motivate others.
The expected learning outcomes for youth:
- Building relationships: collaborate and co-operating with others, work with others towards shared goals and aims, trust others and being trustworthy
- Awereness of other people: observant and interested in other people.
- Working with others: engage in creative group work and activities.
Resumé of exercise
This visual whole group activity encourages participants to focus on others rather than on themselves. Through looking at and drawing other members of their group, they can understand and acknowledge the importance of each member of the group. Drawing ability is not required!
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