Jabbertalk.pdf

A methodology

for

international

youth work

Jabbertalk

Colofon

This is a publication of Don Bosco Youth-Net IVZW:

This publication is made with the support of the Council of

Europe:

Address:

Don Boscolaan 15

B-3050 Oud-Heverlee

Tel.:

+32 (0) 16.48.78.80

Fax.:

+32 (0) 16.48.78.90

E-mail:

donbosconet@skynet.be

URL:

www.donboscoyouth.net

Redaction:

Rein Meus

Lay-out:

Nier&Odiug

Illustrations:

Ventiel

Jabbertalk

Preface

“Jabbertalk” is an international collection of methods one can immediately use in youth work. It is

created out of the partnerships inside the Don Bosco Youth-Net. The idea of the project was

proposed on several training courses by our participants, who felt a need for making a collection of

the methods used. So we made time available at those courses for them to collect the methods,

adding a few of their own. We also asked our partner organisations to add their most used

methods. This makes the book into a joint international effort of the young people involved in the

network and of our partners.

All methods described in “Jabbertalk” have been used in practice; they have proven their use in

concrete situations. Out of these concrete situations, clear examples and tips this book wants to

encourage the reader to be creative with its contents and adapt it to the concrete situation their in.

To be able to start up this creative process, the book wants to offer its readers an insight in the

backgrounds of such methods. By enabling to put the method in the right context, one will reach a

better understanding of the method and its use. Therefore the book is structured in chapters

according to the sort of the method, clearly defining its purpose.

A special attention should go out to the first chapter. With a description of a style for youth work,

this chapter makes the transgression from a mere collection of methods to a methodology.

When reading this book, one will notice we use the pronoun “he” to indicate the participants with.

This doesn’t mean the book only aims at reaching male youth workers, nor we want to go along

with the tradition of a pure male discourse. We eventually choose this pronoun to increase the

direct usability of the methods. So, with “he” we also mean “he/she” or “she”.

We hope this book will be what you expect it to be and for us what we intend it to be: a handy

book that next to its concrete use will start up a creative process with the reader in adapting the

methods to his own working style. But always remember:

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."

Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut (1953-1994)

Rein Meus,

Staff member Don Bosco Youth-Net IVZW

Jabbertalk

Index

Colofon ___________________________________________________________ 2

Preface ____________________________________________________________ 3

Index_______________________________________________________________ 4

Doing it with style______________________________________________ 8

How we relate to others _______________________________________________ 8

Strategy in action ____________________________________________________ 9

Group in action_____________________________________________________ 10

Team in action _____________________________________________________ 11

Introduction ___________________________________________________ 14

Purpose ___________________________________________________________ 14

Different Methods ___________________________________________________ 14

Activities ___________________________________________________________14

Musical Games _______________________________________________________15

Games with names ____________________________________________________15

New Games________________________________________________________ 22

Purpose ___________________________________________________________ 22

Different methods___________________________________________________ 22

Teamwork _______________________________________________________ 28

Purpose ___________________________________________________________ 28

Methods ___________________________________________________________ 28

Energizers __________________________________________________________28

Team building _______________________________________________________30

Oral expression _________________________________________________ 36

Purpose ___________________________________________________________ 36

Different methods___________________________________________________ 36

Warming up ________________________________________________________36

Feelings and improvisation ______________________________________________38

Non-verbal expression_________________________________________ 44

Purpose ___________________________________________________________ 44

Different methods___________________________________________________ 44

Warming up ________________________________________________________44

Cooling down _______________________________________________________45

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