[Sabeswest] FWD: Workshop-- Serious fun: Oppositional thinking in adult basic education

[Charlie Herbert]

[FYI, this _is_ fun! I participated at Network last year.--Charlie]

Serious fun: Oppositional thinking in adult basic education

Discover how exploring sets of oppositions can add PRACTICAL YET FUN 
activities to your classroom while stimulating students' creative and 
critical thinking skills!

Learn how thinking in paradoxes, oppositions, and metaphors can be 
valuable to both teachers and students in ABE programs!

When – Thursday, August 24, 2006 from 09:00 am to 03:00 pm

Where – Northeast SABES - 45 Franklin Street - Lawrence, MA

Presenter – Matthew Puma is Vice-President of CWL – Creative Workplace 
Learning – located in Watertown, MA. He teaches workplace ABE in central 
Massachusetts. Last October, Matt presented a shorter version of this 
workshop at the MCAE Network 2005 conference in Marlborough.

This interactive and engaging workshop develops the use of oppositional 
thinking in the context of ABE, with a more theoretical focus on 
educator practice and a very practical focus on stimulating classroom 
activities. The workshop is geared toward adult educators working with 
advanced ESOL, Secondary Alternative Diploma or GED, and Job Preparation 
programs.

As a result of participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:
+ Describe examples of creative and critical thinking (e.g., thinking in 
paradoxes, oppositions, and metaphors);
+ Explain how oppositional thinking provides a practical framework for 
developing stimulating classroom activities;
+ Apply critical thinking with oppositions to enhance writing and 
critical thinking skills;
+ Identify the many rich contradictory pulls in the teacher/student 
relationship;
+Assist learners with a constructive approach to understanding their own 
personal transitions; and,
+ Apply principals of oppositional thinking to their ABE classroom teaching.

Sounds academic but it will be a hoot!

Please Register on-line at the SABES Statewide Calendar: 
http://calendar.sabes.org (If you have any difficulty registering, 
please contact Deborah Gray – dgray at necc.mass.edu or 978-738-7302)