Assignment 3 Teaching Philosophy or Frame of Facilitation
This assignment is intended to you encourage you to create A LIVING DOCUMENT that will guide you in your daily decision making, giving you a set of principles that can help you decide what you want to do, how you want to act, and what you will prioritise. You can return to this LIVING DOCUMENT throughout your career and revise as required. A key competency identified by the International Association of Facilitators is for facilitators to practice self-assessment and self-awareness. This requires practitioners to: Reflect on behaviour and results Maintain congruence between actions and personal and professional values Modify personal behaviour / style to reflect the needs of the group Cultivate understanding of one’s own values and their potential impact on work with clientsDescribe your Frame of Facilitation (See Figure 1.2, p. 14 and Chapter 17, p. 439) or Philosophy of Teaching (the Teaching Practices Inventory http://teachingperspectives.com/ may be helpful) You may find it helpful to review the different competency models to prepare a reflective statement or graphic illustration which includes: What you value: statement of values and beliefs about facilitating adult learning What you do: your model of facilitation (roles as a facilitator (see p. 14), how you use power, statement of commitment to personal growth etc).You will share your frame of facilitation with your peers on the Discussion Board in our final week. You may present this as a one page written statement or a graphic illustration or in an audio/visual format. Please also upload your completed assignment to the Dropbox.
Assignment 4: Reflective Practice Journal
The aim of this assignment is to encourage reflective practice. This paper is for YOU (not me) to create A LIVING DOCUMENT that will encourage you to engage in reflective practice throughout your career. Following the guidelines and insights of Chapter 7, “Creative and reflective journal processes” AND Chapter 17, “Ongoing learning and maintenance”. The journal can include phrases, passages, words, quotes, sayings, dialogues, drawings, doodling, sketches, scribbles, cartoons, collage, mind maps, mandalas, prose and poetry, graphs and charts, colours, images and symbols.” (Hogan, 2003, p. 134) Prepare a summary of key insights which may include: ‘content’ knowledge/observations, ‘process’ knowledge/observations, observations of group behaviour, applications to problems you are trying to solve, uses of journal writing in your practice, self-assessment of where you are on the appropriate competency model, future learning goals.