Rationale:
Interactive communication is when children are inspired to be more attentive and to participate in the story or other medium. Participatory communication, like participatory education, is more child-friendly, providing children and adolescents the opportunity to be engaged cognitively, physically and emotionally, especially compared to didactic forms of communication.
Although technologically based communication such as Internet blogging or text messaging is specifically designed to be interactive, interaction can also be added with traditional media such as books, plays, puppetry, song, radio and television. The more we invite our audiences to express themselves, use body movement, think critically and provide feedback, the closer we come to true participatory communication.
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Positive Example: Encourage and model interaction
Raffi. Raffi Cavoukian is known to millions simply as Raffi, a participatory children’s singer, composer and performer from Canada. Raffi was a pioneer in music for children and families, bringing quality music to children based on respect for them as whole people.
His work builds self-confidence through verbal or physical audience participation, encouraging children to sing well-known popular “action songs” to learn about healthy habits, learn specific cognitive skills, learn to appreciate diversity and learn to cope with difficult emotions. Raffi’s years of working with children and educators has evolved into a philosophy - Child Honouring - that everyone can apply to help create a restorative, child-friendly world.
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Turning Theory into Practice |
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This guideline can be translated into communication in many ways, including the following:
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| Guideline 1A | Guideline 1B | Guideline 1C |
