“THE ART OF ASSIGNING TOGETHER”

Die totstandkoming van die Gansbaai Academia bied nuwe uitdagings aan die sukses van transformasie in die onderwys in Suid Afrika. Die saambring van leerders uit verskillende kulturele, etniese en taal gemeenskappe in ‘n nuwe skool bied opwindende nuwe uitdagings aan leerders, onderwysers, die skoolhoof en bestuursliggaam. Hierdie model word met groot belangstelling van binne en buite die skoolgemeenskap dopgehou. Die skoolhoof het dan ook tereg “Promoting and celebrating diversity” as een van die skool se kritiese suksesfaktore geïdentifiseer.

Om binne so ‘n multikulturele skoolomgewing suksesvol te kan wees beteken dat diversiteit daadwerklik aangespreek en bestuur sal moet word. Personeel sal daadwerklik bewusgemaak moet word van diversiteit in ‘n multikulturele skoolomgewing en bemagtiging word om effektief te kan onderrig. Dit sal ook tot gevolg hê dat beperkinge in die pad van transformasie verminder word. Een so ’n bewusmaking en bemagtigingsoptrede sal wees om ‘n “Diversity Awareness” werkswinkel vir personeellede aan te bied.

INDENTIFISERING VAN PERSONEEL

1. ‘n Ope uitnodiging word aan alle personeel gerig om ‘n gemotiveerde aansoek vir die bywoning van ‘n diversiteits bewusmaking werkswinkel vir oorweging in te handig
2. Nooi geselekteerde aansoekers vir ‘n onderhoud met die fasiliteerder en skoolhoof.
3. ‘n Ideale groep behoort verteenwoordigend te wees van al drie bevolkingsgroepe.

GOALS OF A DIVERSITY AWARENESS WORKSHOP

• To facilitate the process of transformation at Gansbaai Academia
• To introduce and raise the awareness to promote a multicultural perspective in achieving an inclusive democracy
• To focus on some barriers in achieving an inclusive society i.e. racism sexism, classism, internalised oppression, internalised white oppression and delegated white racism
• To empower the participants and the communities within which they interact and serve
• To discuss issues like AA or corrective action and worldwide differences in the context of a multicultural perspective

THE OBJECTIVE OF A DIVERSITY AWARENESS WORKSHOP

• To develop a non-blaming, non-judgemental and safe environment where the participants can talk with honesty and develop a greater sense of trust
• To share the assumptions we make and the definitions we use
• To attend to the wants and expectations of the participants
• To allow the participants to experience and reflect on some of their first contacts with people from other racial/ethnic groups and the messages they received during those contacts
• To allow the participants to reflect on and share how they want to be identified and what class they grew up in
• To help participants work through their past hurts, misinformation and feelings
• To share the importance of feelings as messengers
• To encourage participants to appreciate each other and experience an enhancement of self-esteem
• To share a definition of culture and talk about the culture in the school
• To introduce and share the worldview differences and discuss the implications of these differences in school and life
• To introduce the concept of old fashioned racism, modern racism, internalised white racism and other forms of internalised oppression
• To introduce the concepts of old fashioned sexism, modern sexism, and internalised sexism
• To apply these theories and suggest alternative behaviours, by focusing on some recent interaction that felt difficult, unresolved and dysfunctional
• To encourage the reading of relevant articles
• To encourage participants to develop plans of action

INTENDED OUTCOMES

After the participants have completed the three-day workshop, they should be able to:

• Understand cultural and ethnic differences
• Communicate more effectively in teams and multicultural groups
• Interact within diverse informal support groups
• Address social and institutional injustices on a personal, interpersonal, institutional and cultural level
• Identify stereotyping and the spreading of misinformation regarding diversity issues
• Play a more active role in transformation that validates justice, equality, fairness and mutual respect

DIVERSITY AWARENESS WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

DAY ONE

1. Opening. Cultural/Ethnic introduction
2. Introduction of facilitator
3. Logistics
4. Guidelines
5. Goals of the workshop.
6. Multiculturism as a concept
7. Participant introduction
8. Objective of the workshop
9. Wants and expectations
10. Assumptions and Definitions
11. Four levels of Racism, Sexism and Classism
12. Earliest values/ encounters
13. Cultural introduction: Define concepts:
    1. Race
    2. Gender
    3. Class
    4. Culture
    5. Ethnicity
    6. Likes/dislikes
14. Readings
15. Draw to closure: Debriefing, appreciations, regrets, unfinished business

DAY TWO

1. Welcome
2. Check in, Readings
3. Feelings as messengers: Glad, Sad, Mad, Scared
4. Check in feelings
5. Review themes from earliest exercise
6. TA Ego states
7. Contamination theory
8. Appreciation exercise
9. Stroke theory
10. Old fashioned racism
11. Modern racism: Five kinds of modern racism
12. Internalised oppression as a consequence of modern racism: Five kinds of internalised oppression focusing on racism and classism
13. Generate examples (Black, coloured and white groups)
14. Readings
15. Closure: Debriefing

DAY THREE

1. Welcome
2. Check in feelings: I feel scared, angry, sad, powerful
3. Check in readings
4. Alternative Behaviour:
   1. Countering modern racism
   2. Countering internalised oppression
5. Cultural and worldview differences
6. Action plans
7. Evaluation forms

LOGISTIEKE BEHOEFTES

• Duplisering geriewe
• Blaaiborde (4) en penne
• Tru projektor en skerm
• Oorhoofse projektor vir skootrekenaar gebruik
• Lokaal wat groot genoeg is vir agt persone
• Tee, verversings,etes