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Shared Action Learning: Supporting Collaboration and Critical - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Shared Action Learning: Supporting Collaboration and Critical - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Shared Action Learning: Supporting Collaboration and Critical Thinking Stephen McCauley & Scott Jiusto Worcester Polytechnic Institute NAFSA May 27, 2015 Workshop Introduction Workshop Objectives Introduce Shared Action Learning as
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Workshop Introduction
- Workshop Objectives
Introduce Shared Action Learning as an approach to … Collaborative Project Development and … Critical Thinking
- Schedule
Introduction Shared Action Learning
What & Why? Setting the “Scenes”: Reflecting on project and personal development, especially as exercise in collaboration
Small Group Discussions Large Group Debrief
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
3 Project Types
- Humanities and Arts Requirement
- Major Qualifying Project (MQP)
- Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP)
WPI Global Projects Program
Creaghan, Keyes, Richards 2015 4
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WPI in the World
2015-16 projected: 850 IQP Students, ~ 80% of all
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The Interactive Qualifying Project
Weeks Preparation at WPI Weeks Project Work in-country
Advisors Student Team
Reporting Responses
Sponsor & Community
Real World Problem
Creaghan, Keyes, Richards 2015
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What is Shared Action Learning? An approach to Student and Community Development
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Shared Action Learning: Overview
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A SAL Project Example
“Work with Langrug community, the Informal Settlement Network, Shack Dweller International, Stellenbosch Municipality and
- thers to improve ‘WaSH’ in Langrug”
“Context” research before traveling
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Connecting on Arrival…
- … community co-researchers & project partners
first
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Connecting…
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Source: SDI Langrug Booklet
Connecting…
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Connecting…
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Connecting…
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Connecting…
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Connecting…
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Planning…
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Planning…
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Planning: Options…
Flush Toilets CompostingToilets Dry Sanitation Toilets
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Planning: Field trips…
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Planning… and assessing
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Planning and Dreaming…
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Planning and Designing…
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Acting…
- “Prototyping:” small actions to advance
learning and planning…
- And sometimes a deep dive.
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Acting…
and respecting, arguing, hoping, participating… is also connecting, planning, learning,
- bserving,
reflecting…
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Acting…
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Celebrating!
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Living…
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Reporting and Reflecting
- Endless meetings and…
- Website Reporting: wp.wpi.edu/capetown
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Acts and Scenes:
promoting collaborative learning and reflection
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Act 1, Scene 1: Our First Days
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Act 1, Scene 5: A Scattered Day
“Once he leaves, the dynamic in the room changes…”
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Act 4, Scene 1: ‘Our Blood is All from the Same Human Being’
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Small Group Discussion
- Introduce yourselves
- What are you already doing to promote
collaboration and reflection?
- How might you use ideas discussed today in
the future?
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Large Group Discussion
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Resources
Student work and lots about the WPI Cape Town Project Centre: wp.wpi.edu/capetown More on Shared Action Learning:
- Jiusto, S., McCauley, S. and Stephens, J.
C., 2013. Integrating Shared Action Learning into higher education for
- sustainability. Journal of Sustainability
Education [online], 5. Available from: http://www.jsedimensions.org/wordpress/ content/integrating-shared-action- learning-into-higher-education-for- sustainability_2013_06/
- Jiusto, S., Hersh, R., Taylor, S., 2013.
Shared Action Learning: An introduction for students. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Cape Town Project Centre. http://wp.wpi.edu/capetown/about/new- approach-to-project-website- development/
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