The Spoke Curriculum - Session 1: Difference between revisions

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===Details===
===Details===
Participants are brought together and presented with the main components of a disassembled bicycle by the mentor/mechanic (e.g. seat post, tire, etc).


New participants are brought together and presented with the main components of a disassembled bicycle (e.g. seat post, tire, etc) by the mentor/mechanic.  
For each component participants will be asked if they are familiar with the part, and what it is. The participant who correctly names the part will then take the item and place it on the predetermined space allocated, and labeled, on the wall. By the end of this activity a disassembled, and properly labeled bicycle, will be on display.  


For each major component participants will be asked if they are familiar with the part, and what it is. The participant who then correctly names the part will then take the item and place it on the predetermined space allocated, and labeled, on the wall. By the end of this activity a disassembled, and properly labeled bicycle, will be on display.  
This activity will provide a non-competitive way to ease tensions and become familiar with peers, mentors and the terminology and major components they will be working on in the weeks ahead. The disassembled bike will then remain on the wall for the duration of the sessions and will serve as a visual cue to be referred to.


This activity will provide a non-competitive way to ease tensions and become familiar with peers, mentors and the proper terminology and major components they will be working on in the weeks ahead. The disassembled bike will then remain on the wall for the duration of the sessions and will serve as a visual cue to be referred to.
In order for this to be a realistic task, the bicycle will only be disassembled into it's major components (i.e. a hub vs. the cup, cones, bearings, etc). Furthermore, posters accompanied by their proper name will need to be present in the space. This will give participants the visual references necessary to name the parts correctly and will facilitate in a noncompetitive environment.
 
In order for this to be a realistic task, the bicycle will only de disassembled into it's major components (i.e. a hub rather than the cup, cones, bearings, etc). Furthermore, posters accompanied by their proper name will need to be present in the space. This will give participants the visual references necessary to name the parts correctly and will facilitate in a noncompetitive environment.


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