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21770VIC Course in Initial General Education for Adults
Hands 2: Community
Overview of topic
The activities and resources in this topic explore the idea of hands as
symbols of connection to community and culture. The topic draws on
a variety of research skills and community based activities to develop
literacy, social capital and employability skills of learners.
While these activities have been particularly developed to support
Indigenous learners, they have application to a range of learners and
learning environments. Many of the activities focus on developing
computer based skills and completion of the topic will enable
learners to achieve VBQU168 Access the internet for language learning. If
computer support is not available, most activities can be undertaken
with minimum adaptation. Exceptions to this are activities two:
Skimming, scanning and locating information on the internet and seven:
The Sea of Hands.
Background to this topic
The approach to the topic, and some activities and resources, have
been developed in collaboration with Anne Mahon and Eva Sahanna
of Centacare, Western Australia.
Structure of the topic
This topic is the second of two using the motif of hands. It is linked
to the resource bank topic Hands 1: Identity but may be delivered
separately.
It consists of a series of resources and activities, which focus on
the concept of hands, to support the development of reading,
writing, computer based learning and oral communication skills
from the perspective of gathering, recording and communicating
information. Some of these activities relate directly to the image
of hands empowering individuals within a community, such as
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