Techniques on How to Handle Poverty, Trauma, Adult Learning and the Web

or " You can help the pushouts."

ByRichard c. Close CEO Chrysalis Campaign, Inc.

Dr. Joni SchwartzAdj. Professor Speech Communications,

CUNY – LaGuardia Community College , Brooklyn, NYGlobal Learning Framework©, Micro Learning Paths© are a Copyright 2009 Richard C. Close

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Bridgeport, CTAfrica Brooklyn, NYC

Techniques on How to Handle Poverty, Trauma, Adult Learning and the Web or…

" How you can help the push outs."

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Speakers

Richard C. CloseDirector, Bridgeport Rescue Mission Learning CenterFounder, Chrysalis Campaign, Inc.Developer, Global Learning Frameworkhttp://globallearningframework.ning.come. rclose@richardclose.infoTwitter @iamthestory860.248.5424

Dr. Joni Schwartz Adj. Professor Speech Communications CUNY – LaGuardia Community College , Brooklyn NYFounder, Downtown Learning CenterBrooklyn NYJSchwartz@lagcc.cuny.edu718-482-6194

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San Jose High School graduating only 55% of the 2011 Class

79% of Zambia College Graduates working below their degree

Did they want to drop out?Q. Did they quit? Or were they pushed out and denied access?

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The World Health Organization defines life skills as: “abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life”.

WHO/UNESCO Life Skills

http://amberscotchburn.wordpress.com/life-skills/

The Disconnect

Academic Discord

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Education’s “tracking” path into poverty

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Why do we push out the poor?How do we reverse the damage?

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The Tale Three Programs

1. “I am Africa This is my story…” – African Youth UNESCO PPN Sponsored– Poverty Verses Colonialism

2. NYC Urban Minority Trauma– Brooklyn, NY Youth and Adults– STEM, GED, ESL, Family Skills and

Transformation

3. Rescue Mission Women’s Center – Bridgeport CT Adults– Life Skills, Methods & Technology

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Case 1:“I am Africa. This is my story…”http://i-am-the-story.ning.com

• Educational Workshops• Social Community Portal• YouTube Channel• Train the Trainer

Program

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Because of the Internet we are seeingpoverty’s traditional lies shifting

• “You are isolated”• “Denial of education”• “Denial of development resources”• “Denial of global logistics”• “Denial of freedom and rights freedom”• “You are at the mercy of others”• “Life based on fear and survival ”• “You are alone”

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We must fully grasp that this generation is…

Fearless

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We must also fully grasp that the are collaborative

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Empower

AfricanYouthTellTheirStory

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Learning Community Ning w/ YouTube Channelhttp://i-am-the-story.ning.com

Teaching Platform Ning• Training tool kit• Country & Org Groups• Community platform• Remote support• Free site for small NGOs• Mini-documentaries

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Project Based Learning with digital media, lecture, workshop, media production and publishing

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“I am Africa. This is my story…” Workshops and Certified Training Centers

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ME

DIA

ME

DIA

MEDIA

MEDI

A

ME

DIA

OLD Colonial “Knowledge” Model

Industrial Authoritarian

Instruction

ME

DIA

One Way Model

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First Change: “The content and community are everywhere”

I’m Here

NoOver Here

Back Here

Here

Even Way Out Here

HereHereHereHereHere

HereHereHereHereHereHere

Here

HereHere

HereHere

HereHereHere

Here

Here

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We have entered a Global Democracy “We are global community of content and collaboration”

Global Banking

Global Knowledge

Sharing

Community

Content

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Can we teach with something that seems so complicated and overwhelming?

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Assess Present TestTraditional eLearning

Prepare Present PracticeAdult Learning Performance

Self Contained “Local” Course and Content…

We need a Global Learning Process©

me-and-my-bubble

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Micro and Macro Change is Already Happening as a Bypass to the classroom

DiscoverProblem Adopt ShareCollaborate

Personal Change

Global Change

Global Learning Framework™

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“When shared learning over the Internet takes place it creates Macro Learning Collectives

called Flash Learning” - RC

Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareDiscover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem DiscoverCollaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate

Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover AdoptProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt CollaborateAdopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover AdoptDiscover Adopt Collaborate Share

CollaborateProblem Discover Adopt ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

ProblemDiscover Adopt Collaborate Share

Problem Discover Adopt Collaborate ShareProblem Discover Adopt Collaborate Share

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Youth and Adults are Becoming “Micro – Multinationals”

Small & Medium

Businesses Creation

Tourism

Bottled water

Food products

Electronics

Garment industry

Building products

Steel Products

Stone products

Agriculture

Weaving

InternetGlobal

Logistics

Internet GlobalMarketing

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This Means African Youth are becoming….

small and medium size multi-national businesses

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Old myths are being replaced with new valuesor is it…. Educational system bypass

I am part of a global community I have global resources Knowledge is all around me I am part of global community I have entitlement and freedom to build I have life based opportunity I have the power to help others I am not alone

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Remember

It is no longer about training people FOR jobs.

It is about empowering people who will CREATE jobs.

Joni Schwartz, Ed.D. City University of New York

LaGuardia Community College

NOT ONLY IN AFRICA-

Young men of color,poverty, trauma and

engagement in learning in urban America

Global Learning Conference 2011

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“42.8 percent of African-American males graduated from high school, compared to 70.8 percent for their

white counterparts.” National Center for Health Statistics (2000)

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In the US – a different kind of Poverty

• History of racial oppression• Institutionalized racism • Inequality of educational opportunity• Inequality of economic opportunity• Unequal distribution of wealth• Social, collective & individual

psychological ramifications• Greatest US civil rights issue

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“Black males ages 15-19 die from homicide at 46 times the rate of their

white counterparts.”

National Urban League (2007)

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For Young Men of Color the ramifications are:

African American males:• disproportionally experience violence • Are 5 times more likely to be incarcerated than whites• have high incidence of chronic disease• have highest unemployment rate• disproportionally are placed in special education Latino males:• are more likely to live in poverty• have highest rates of high school non-completion• have highest rates of uninsured Davis, L. (2009) Reparable Harm: Assessing and addressing Disparities Faced by

Boys and Men of Color in California. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Corporation.

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Approximately 50% of young men of color in our country’s urban areas (Orfield, 2004) do not finish high school. It is now well established that the human, as well as economic loss to us as a nation is both epidemic (Bridgeland, 2006) and catastrophic and has only worsened during economic recession ( Harrington, 2009).

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Many of our young men are being pushed out of a school system that is not challenging to their intellect (Bridgeland, 2006), criminalizes them (Nolan, 2010), and exposes them to potential physical violence and emotional trauma. (Rich, 2009)

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“Studies around urban stressors (racism and poverty) and exposure to violence suggest that many young men of color are experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).”

Paxton, Robinson, Shah, Schoeny (2004)

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POVERTYSOCIETAL &

EDUCATIONAL TRAUMA

RE-ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING

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Engagement Research Study #1• Two year phenomenological study• Large urban public four year college • ¾ of freshmen receive need based

aid / 90% are students of color • Examined 4 STEM Undergraduate

Research relationships – 3 young men of color/ 1 female

• Among Findings – Emotional/Affective nature of the relationship

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Re-EngagementResearch Study #2• Educational ethnography• Community based GED program • Focused on young men of color and

their engagement in learning at the GED program and their transition to college

• 35 young men/5 key informants• Among the findings

– emotional/affective – engagement/ writing as healing

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Impact of Trauma on Learning

Research Study #3 & Documentary• Qualitative phenomenological study &

documentary• Cultural diversity grant• One community college and one four year

college• Sample size 22 young men – ages 18-28• Relationship between past trauma and learning

for current college males of color

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Affective Relationship Research studies #1 & #2

AFFECTIVE• Emotive• Academic• Spiritual

RECIPROCAL• Adult• Bounded• Gender/Race• Giving Back

LONG-TERM• Inside/

Outside• Multi-Role

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Creating “Safe” Spaces Research Study #1

safety healing

voice growth

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Creating Spaces for Speaking & Writing the Pain Research Studies 1 &3

Recommendations:• Disclaimer from the Instructor• Physical Space• Being vulnerable yourself• White privilege• Reflective/Evaluative Journals• Personal Narratives• Mentoring• Focus and Male Therapeutic Focus Groups

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References

• Bridgeland, J., Dilulio, J., Morrison, K. The silent epidemic: perspectives of high school dropouts.Washington DC: Civic Enterprises, 2006. • Davis, L. (2009) Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in • California. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Corporation.• Harrington, P. (2009). Labor Market and Fiscal Impacts of Educational Attainment in New York City [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.multiplepathwaystosuccess com • Morris, R., Schwartz, J., Schwartz, P . (Co Directors & Producers) (2012). The New Normal: Young Men of Color and Educational Trauma (working title) Available from The City University of New York.• National Center for Health Statistics (2000)• National Urban League (2007). State of Black America: Portrait of the Black Male. Silver Male. MD: Beckham Publications Group.• Nolan, K. (2008). The Impact of Order-Maintenance Policing on an Urban School Environment: An Ethnographic Portrait. Voices on Urban Education, Learning Environments (19) 1.

Orfield, G. (Ed.). (2004). Dropouts in America: Confronting the graduation rate crisis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. • Paxton, K.C., Robinson, W.l., Shah, S., and Schoeny, M.E. (2004). Psychological distress for African-American adolescent males: exposure to community violence and social support as factors. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 34(4), 281-295.• Rich, J. , (2009) . Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.• Schwartz, j. (2010). Engaging Out of School Males in Learning. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.• Schwartz, J.(2012) Faculty as UR mentors for students of color: taking Into cccount the costs. Science Education Journal (pending publication).

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Learning CenterClassroomTechnology

ByRichard C. CloseEducation Director

www.bridgeportrescuemission.org

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Bridgeport Rescue Missionwww.bridgeportrescuemission.org

Rev. Terry WilcoxExecutive DirectorBridgeport Rescue Mission1088 Fairfield, AveBridgeport, CT 06605

Phone: 203.333.4087

www.bridgeportrescuemission.org

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Top three needs

• Safe place• Love and

encouragement• Acceptance as

individual• Curriculum

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BRM LC Mission

Helping people understand God’s plan in there life by equipping them with the skills for

adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the

demands and challenges of everyday life

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BRM Learning CenterTransformation Map

Life & Academic

Competencies

Career & Community Competencies

Cultural-Spiritual Competencies

WholePerson,

Family &Communities

Mission Learning Map

It’s not just about technology, it’s about preparing the student for Life.

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Integrating development and spiritual processes

Poverty and Crisis Based• Work with Biblical Principles• Problem solving• Critical thinking• Effective communication skills• Decision making• Creative thinking• Interpersonal relationship skills• Self awareness building skills• Empathy• Coping with stress and emotions

To offer FreedomFrom ThePatterns Of thePast and Poverty

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Curriculum Teaching Methods

Methodology

• Biblical

• Adult Learning

• Poverty Life Skills

• Project Based Learning

• Web 2.0 Collaboration

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Mission Learning Center Curriculum Tracks

Interest OrientationCommitment 1

TransformationGrowth 2 Service 3

TransitionResponsibility 4

CommunityAlumni

New Life Program

Education Program & Services

Spiritual – Biblical – New Life

Personal Life Skills

Christian Life Style

Job Skills - GED

Mission Operations Skills

English and Math Literacy

Tutor Training Program

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“Discover Your Gifts” Lesson Track

Course Track1. Orientation2. Learning styles3. 8 Intelligences4. How to find resources – Web

Searching5. How to choose positive - media6. Grief – anger tools7. Active listening8. Changing Patterns HIVAIDS9. Changing Habits10. Goal setting11. Job search12. Expression poetry

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Technology: Classroom Internet Learning Portal

Accessible 24 by 7• Rehabilitation• Literacy training• Family skills• Adult Learning• Career Skills• Life Skills• ESL• K-12 Skills• Childhood • IT Skills• GED

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What the Student Receives

Student Rewards:

• “Discover Your Gifts” binder

• Self assessment sheets

• Student sheets

• Track certificates

• Mission alumni social

community

• Mission alumni learning portal

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Mission Outcomes

BRM Learning Center• Higher graduation

rates• Spiritual Leadership• Lifelong Learner• English, math and ESL

literacy• Family Competence• Career • Contributing Member

Community

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Resources: Adult Learning Content and Methods

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Quality Guidance

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K-12 Foundational Literacy Web Content

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Focused Lessons - ESL, GED and Life Skills Lessons

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BRM Learning Center Methodology

Transformational lesson building:• Adult Learning• Core values• Life skills• Small groups• Web skills

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Adult Learning and Micro Learning Path™

DiscoverSearch Adopt ShareCollaborate

Prepare the individual to be receptive and learn

Take initiative to discover and understand

Personally accept what is discovered and learned

Share what you have learned

Learn with others

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Sample Lesson: Poetry

DiscoverSearch Adopt ShareCollaborate

Decide the type of poem you will write

Read poem styles from web sites

Choose a style of poem that fits what you want to express

Publish Poem on YouTube

Write, read and listen to group reactions

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Sample Lesson: Learning Styles

DiscoverSearch Adopt ShareCollaborate

Talk about learning style impact on jobs and family

Take online assessment test

Discuss if this is you. Read SWOT on how to study. Change habits

Explain what habits you will change

Compare your experience with others

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The world is waiting…

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Questions

By Richard C. CloseThe Chrysalis Campaign, Inc.New Milford, CT 06776rclose@richardclose.infoTwitter: this-is-my-story C. 860.248.5424

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Spiritual / Cultural Values

Adult Learning

Project Based Learning - Groups

Life Skills

Literacy Foundation

Business Competence

Leadership

VALUES

Micro Learning Paths METHODS

KNOWLEDGE