Reflective Practice for Healing, Repair, and Recovery
A free 4-week seminar, open to all.
February 11-March 4, 2022
Online meetings at 12:30-1:30pm ET on 4 consecutive Fridays: February 11, 18, 25, and March 4. RSVP here to register and to receive Zoom conference link. Participants are asked to register only if they can commit to joining at least 3 of the 4 meetings. Contact cct@umb.edu for more information.
Also see: overview of the Collaborative Exploration (CE) format, week-to-week structure, and theoretical foundations.
Free, non-credit informal seminar , open to the public. The Collaborative Exploration (CE) format, inspired by a problem-based learning approach, consists of hour-long structured dialogues in Zoom for 4 weeks in a row, with an emphasis on curiosity and inquiry. In between online meetings, participants explore the topic according to their own interests, and then the meetings promote learning as participants share their ongoing insight and questions.
Description of theme: Reflective Practice involves the process of reflecting on our assumptions and experiences to support change in our ongoing teaching, leadership, artistry, activism, and other professional and personal areas. We might think of this as a way to develop creative solutions to problems, update our approaches as circumstances change, our build our own professional and personal capacities. In what ways though, can we support healing, repair, and recovery of ourselves and our communities as well? How do we perceive the choices and actions that are available to us about how we work and live under conditions of trauma? How can we engage in reflection that leads to:
- responding to the impacts of violence and oppression on individuals and groups?
- developing resilience in the face of troubling or threatening circumstances?
- shaping our practices to account for fragmentation and polarization in our organizations and communities?
In this Collaborative Exploration, we will consider how reflective practitioners strive to not only improve what isn’t working well but also restore the well-being that has been compromised as a result of existing challenges. Participants explore these themes in the way most important to them and then share ongoing ideas to foster the collaborative learning of the group.
