What were the Weekly Readings?
· Cilente, An Overview of the Social Change Model of Leadership Development
What are the three most important points from the reading this week?
1: In order to be useful reflection practices need to be: 1) Continuous, 2) Challenging, 3) Connected, and 4) Contextualized. Reflection used with Service Learning projects supports three different types of knowledge: Content, Process, and Socially Relevant)
2: The Experiential Learning Model is a cycle of (1) Concrete Experience (2) Reflective Observation
3: (1) Identifying a project; (2) Planning and preparation; (3) Meaningful Service Experiences; (4) Observation; (5) Analysis; (6) New Understanding; (7) New Application:
How does the reading inform my understanding of leadership, teamwork or other course themes?
In the activity of "Which and Watch"
What questions does the reading evoke? What questions would you pose to the rest of the class about the readings?
When we did the "Which What Game" it was interesting to look at the project success/failure in the perspective of the triforce of success because we could control for the relationship aspect and then look at what parts of our process and goals were compromised. I think that the lack of success just about evenly dependent on both because neither components were discussed or agreed upon.
Melisse,
ReplyDeleteIn your next reading response, consider less the questions and more your reaction to the readings. I realize that this may seem odd, given that the questions have been provided to you as guidance. Based on my experience with you in class, I suspect that if you let it loose, you will have more to say based on your own experience and insight. Give it a try.