「老師,為什麼他都聽不懂?」、「為什麼他一直動來動去?」、「為什麼他成績這麼差?」,教室內小朋友如潮水般湧來的問題,有時讓老師陷入為難,因為老師也不知道怎麼說明才能讓孩子明白又不傷了家長的感覺。
「學習障礙」、「ADHD」、「自閉症」等特殊的孩子隨著特教政策的推動,漸漸的有在普通班學習的機會,也因此在校園裡湧現了對於這些有些許不同的特殊孩子的疑惑和不諒解。
「繪本導讀」部分由施保羅(Paul Stambaugh)老師和何菲(Bridget
Heffele)老師利用導讀繪本和帶討論進行。施保羅老師以《Hooway for Wodney Wat》導出語障孩子在學校中的困擾,並透過繪本討論在學校中特教孩子可能面臨的困境,再從討論中延伸到「每一個人都有強項,但也都有部分是我們不會或和其他人不一樣的」,利用能力不同來討論孩子的特殊性而非貼上特教的標籤。何菲老師則是使用《How
to calm my wicked witch》介紹ADHD孩子在情緒控制還有衝動行為的非自願性。
吳芃家老師設計與主持的「體驗活動」則是透過創意活動讓孩子體驗「聽障」、「視障」、「學障」和「ADHD」孩子的困難。視障體驗藉由口罩蒙眼睛走障礙路徑體驗身處黑暗中的視障者行走時的心情與危險性,並教導孩子「問、引、報」三步驟的引導口訣,期許孩子未來遇到視障者時能適時伸出援手。聽障體驗的導讀繪本為《I
have a sister-My sister is
deaf》,芃家老師在導讀過程中透過製造雜音或是變聲,讓學生體驗普通的說話聲音傳到聽障者耳裡可能產生扭曲。學障部分則是利用學障學生學習的特性「顛倒字」和「扭曲字型」讓孩子明白「不是他們不認真,而是要認得字並知道這個字的意思對學障孩子來說是相當困難的一件事」,活動過程中連最基本的「3+6」寫相反就需要花孩子們10秒的時間,也讓他們深深感受到學障孩子的辛苦。最後ADHD的部分則是由許雅喻老師設計,透過讓孩子理解「停不下來,就是停不下來、忘記東西放哪裡、不能乖乖排隊等候、還未聽完問題就回答、不管是否危險,想做就做」,這些都是ADHD的行為表現,因此對日常生活產生影響。為了讓雙語部中低年級學生更認識ADHD,將大腦比喻為電影製造工廠,有好的導演統籌規劃來拍攝影片,過程會很順利,但如果遇到導演睡著了,則無法執行計畫與解決問題,亦無法集中注意力完成一件事情。介紹結束後,再透過「顏色與文字衝突叫色測驗」(Stroop
effect task)搭配跳躍動作,更能讓同學們實際體會ADHD衝動症狀對日常生活中的影響。

與人相處時總是會有個性不合、發生摩擦的時候,甚至朋友之間互相開玩笑過了頭,也會讓人覺得很難受。霸凌的困擾在雙語部可能不至於像新聞報導中的某些事件一樣激烈、嚴重,但是和同學在一起時,彼此之間有些不經心的評論或是刻意逗弄,有時還是令人感到很受傷。吳秉純老師在輔導課中藉由匿名調查,發現大部分的同學其實都是看不慣霸凌行為的旁觀者,往往卻不知道彼此其實有著一樣的心情,而沒有勇氣為少數的受霸凌者發聲。
雙語部十年級的同學們發現了旁觀者才是多數族群以後,重新反思過去在學校中看到的排擠、欺負經驗,在秉純老師的帶領和悉心指導下,根據真實故事改編成話劇,產生劇本、精心排練、製作道具、敲鑼打鼓地宣傳了一番,邀請雙語部一到四年級的小朋友利用午休時間前來觀賞,由主持人帶著小朋友討論戲劇內容,思考自己如果遇到霸凌、看見別人受霸凌,可以怎麼保護自己且幫助同學,試著藉由戲劇來深化小朋友的同理心及勇氣。
國小年段的孩子們看著大哥哥大姐姐的精采又賣力的演出,都歡聲叫好,並且熱烈投入問答討論,而大哥哥大姐姐們也對於自己能夠為孩子帶來娛樂性與教育意義兼具的活動,內心滿溢成就感、更加看重自己身為典範學長姐的身份了呢!讓我們來看看學生們的心得吧!
2B
Mark Chen |
If people bullies me, I
feel sad because they may say bad things to you or do
bad things to you. |
3A
Amber Lee |
I learned that if I bully,
I cannot help people. If somebody is bullying me, I
would tell them to stop! |
10A
Sally Fang |
At first I was really
doubtful about this project, seeing that this is kind of
a deep subject. However, the children’s response
surprised me. They were so involved and energetic during
the performance and super supportive during the flash
mob. |
10A
Brian Feng |
The play overall was really
successful, the children had great responses to our play
and to our hosts, questions. A lot of the kids there
were actually really into our play. The laughs and
cheers the kids gave were really heartwarming and cute. |
10A
Jasmine Chen |
I thought we cooperated
with each other very well so everything turned out to be
successful. It felt great educating little kids about
such a serious issue and watching them enjoy the play as
well. |
10A
Karen Yen |
I think it was great to be
able to see the kids’ enthusiasm about our skit. It gave
our class hope that bullying is an issue that can be
eliminated as long as we try. |
10A
Eric Leu |
It was nice to tackle a
serious subject such as bullying in a way to educate our
younger students without harming anyone’s feelings along
the way. I’d look forward to do more like this in the
future. |
10A
Lucy Baek
|
Although we did not
practice a lot and our performance was a bit faulty, I
had a great time especially with not only my fellow
performers but also with the audience who was very
attentive. |
10A
Berry Lee |
It was fun drawing the
bullying posters together with the people of the team.
The brainstorm/design process of the poster was really
interesting. It was definitely a time consuming process
working on the posters, but at least we had fun doing
it. |
10B
Monica Tsui |
I believe this project is a
great way to spread awareness about anti-bullying to the
elementary kids because its entertaining yet
educational. Our goal was to engage them in our
performance and teach them the many ways to prevent
bullying and I think we definitely accomplished that. |
10B
Shannon Lee |
Since the kids were so into
the show, I think we really influenced them and
hopefully we left a big impact on them and they will
bring the lesson along with them to their future. |
10B
Claire Kuo |
I think we did well on the
play as a whole, even though it was thrown together
rather hurriedly. It got across the different types of
bullying, its consequences, and how people could help
the victim by not being a bystander. Hopefully, the kids
liked it and got the message. |
10B
Crystal Chen |
One push, one hit, one
empty heart. These small gestures stab deep into the
throbbing dignity of the bullied. Though we didn’t have
enough time to practice, yet we contributed in our own
ways and made the performances a blast. Bestowing heart
onto the bullied moved the audience and educated the
students as a whole. |
10B
Derrick Chang |
I think that the play went
pretty well. The kids seemed to both enjoy it and learn
the basic concepts of stopping bullying. |