Report
Narrating our World : NOW Program - Using visual tools for understanding the stories and lives of refugee young people
University of the Sunshine Coast
2010
Abstract
The Narrating Our World (NOW) program is an arts based program devised to elicit visual responses from refugee young people in order to understand how they interpret and live in their world. The program is intended to assist youth workers, teachers, school counsellors, and others working with refugee young people. The program creates activities which enable open discussion led by the interests and enthusiasm of participants. It has great potential for engaging young people and generating shared understandings. The process of understanding, connecting and communicating with young people is a first step towards meeting the needs of refugee young people. The specifics of the program allow for inclusive forms of communication with young people whose spoken English is uncertain, and who may be shy and uncomfortable speaking their thoughts in a group. It is envisioned that the NOW program will be used with refugee and non-refugee young people to discuss issues relevant to their lives with creativity, insight and fun.
Details
- Title
- Narrating our World : NOW Program - Using visual tools for understanding the stories and lives of refugee young people
- Authors
- Julie M Matthews (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2010
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2010 The Author
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450007302621
- Output Type
- Report
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