The coming together of ideas, questions and learning that is shared in our Skype meetings is so powerful and nourishing. It also has been great to read through the blogs about our Skype. Mostly throughout our journeys we all experience and feel the same emotions; fear, excitement, confusion. Another thing shared, are peoples light bulb moments, which are always lovely to hear about and encouraging. However when you haven't had one yet and are waiting in earnest for it to come when it does arrive you have to write immediately as it is so precious. I am hoping one will come again!
For me at the start of Module 2 I seem to be following my same learning style and structure as I move forward. To try to gather as much information to understand the next steps I must take. I keep telling myself it will all become a little clearer in the next few weeks just as it did before. I remember Jamie’s spider graphs/mind maps and Amber’s pile of books and we all had our own way of approaching the task in hand in Module 1.
Books that I really connected with were:
Bolton, G (2010), Reflective practice, writing and professional development, London: Sage Publications Ltd
Moon, J, A, (2004). A handbook of reflective and experiential learning theory and practice, London: RoutlageFalmer
Rogers C, R, (1969) Freedom to Learn, Ohio: Charles E. Merill Publishing Company
And of course ANYTHING Dewey!
One thing I have found also is that key phrases helped me like a mantra.
“Get to the point”
“Are that many words necessary to make my point?”
“Show where the leaning happened”
“Bring it back to myself”
As soon as I saw it I thought of Helen and her circles. It’s a good image to keep in mind although I would have them crossing over more and parts of the circles crossing paths.
Great Mary, really helpful thanks for sharing these resources for others. Like the circle image, I always find that 'simplifies' or makes manageable most tasks, clear simple stages of action, always inter-related, the cross-over being the exciting part where things happen, that you won't know/can't see happening until all the circles join. Hope you're having a good week...
ReplyDeleteGreat blog Mary - I feel we're all reading off the same page in terms of our apprehension and treading through the 'black box'! However, this is very reassuring for me; whilst deciding on the salad ingredients and making sense of the recipes, I feel I have other chefs at work by my side!
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