Sharing their Skills

Submitted By

Suzanne Robinson, Instructor ALBE/Access, Inuvik CLC, Aurora College

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How It Works

The learners at the Inuvik Community Learning Centre are adult learners and therefore come to the program with skills and knowledge that they can share with the group. As a way to recognize their strengths and skills, half a day each week is set aside and the learners are invited to share their skills with the class. The learners share such things as craft making, fur hat making, cooking skills, and many other things. This is a great opportunity for the instructor and learners to switch roles.

In Social Studies the first activity is to create community posters. Each learner creates a poster about their community and presents it to the class. These are then hung up and remain up all year. Each learner will also be called on to present some aspect of their knowledge of the North and to act as a resource person for another learner for a research project. The idea is for learners to have the chance to showcase their knowledge and learn from each other.