welcome back to my blog. As you know I was off during the 12th-18th having a whale of a time graduating and celebrating with the animals at Chester zoo :) Although I was slightly disappointed I missed out on my first research away day on 12th July, my first (hopefully not my last) Graduation day certainly made up for my loss!
After my break I came back not so well rested! The Wednesday
and Thursday where a chance to catch up on what I had missed from the week
before and get back in to the swing of things. Friday however was a busy day.
The morning was spent at an Action learning event held by the Centre for
research and informed teaching. An action learning event is actually a really
helpful conflict resolution method that can be used in business and other
similar set ups when there is an issue that needs solving. Obviously it worked
a little differently for us but here is the basic premise:
Sitting in groups of no more than six each person first gets three minutes to introduce themselves
Once their three minutes is up a delegated time keeper on the table alerts them and moves on to the next person
Each person then gets 2 minutes to give a brief summary of an issue they have or want to discuss
After everyone has spoken the group decided which issues
they are going to talk about first
One it has been de3cided the person whose issue it is talks
for ten minutes with no interruption
After those ten minutes the group talk out the issue
offering solutions for that person
Before the session ends that person then gets five minutes
to reflect on the discussion and state what action they will put in place to resolve
the issueUnfortunately on the night only three young people attended the meeting and although we are not 100% sure of the reasons it is likely the timing of the meeting as it was the first Monday of the summer holidays. The three young people that did attend however were willing to take part in my workshop and offered up some grate feedback!