| Duration: 30 + min Number of players: 2+ player/s Materials/ Tools needed: Toolkit “Embodied change” Publisher: Association Room of Fulfilled Dreams & partners Language: EN Links: https://www.udemy.com/course/embodiedchange/ https://www.udemy.com/course/embodiedchange/?fbclid=IwAR0xDh4PwSPcnr-bHHsq7HmWBBQVRZI7CbXjQ4jHzomLoxHhjxfsbX4EPf8_aem_AWf4UOvcEnQJLEZP43Qz3lOfYcvtI75cS1v-tafMGKB5Twfi_UtQxeOz7KDruLgNOJWwkjtMErNfjC2vGQnX8DW4 https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox/tool/embodied-change.2688 |
Short description
“Embodied changes” is toolkit who are related to different competence areas. Some are designed to boost imagination and creative expression, and some can be integrated in entrepreneurship or social and emotional skills training. Some of the activities aim to increase body awareness, others are simple ice breakers or team builders, while some can be transformed into a series of events. In this toolkit, you will find also a brief introduction to embodied learning and its main principles, advantages and related risks.
Educational value/ Learning Objectives
The methods offered in this toolkit are related to different competence areas. Some are designed to boost imagination and creative expression, and some can be integrated in entrepreneurship or social and emotional skills training. Some of the activities aim to increase body awareness, others are simple ice breakers or team builders, while some can be transformed into a series of events. What connects all these exercises is the intention of the developers to offer ideas how the six different decks of text and image cards included in this toolkit can be used for educational, personal development or creative work. They hope that these ideas will stimulate you to create your own methods and body-based and movement-based sessions, in order to best meet the needs and goals of the learners involved.
Recommendations for use
- In this toolkit, you will find also a brief introduction to embodied learning and its main principles, advantages and related risks.
- Although most of the exercises are related to the body, only a few of them include moving and sensing, meaning that to create an embodied learning process, which would connect mind, body and soul, it is advisable to integrate these activities in the different movement exercises that exist in the disciplines with which you are familiar.
- There are definitely many more ways how the decks of cards included in this toolkit can be used. If you are willing to become a part of the next edition of the toolkit, share your ideas and practices of how you are using the cards. You can do it by adding hashtag #embodiedchange to your social media posts or by writing to our Facebook page – Embodied Change.
Tips and Tricks for Facilitators
How to adapt game for different groups, topics, occasions/needs
Depending on the situation/ needs you can select cards with specific questions/ topics/ images.
Feedback questions
Depending of the group, aim and activity. Feedback questions can be found here:
https://www.embodiedchange.net/toolkit
Further discussion topics
Lifelong learning
Healthy lifestyle
Diversity
