tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346085166223246096.post452639673050548100..comments2023-10-16T20:04:57.010+10:00Comments on Talkin' 'bout my Cerebration: Expanding my mind - What is a community?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01613186082480605354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346085166223246096.post-54693337843202552242008-09-18T05:56:00.000+10:002008-09-18T05:56:00.000+10:00Leigh - professional facilitation. Interesting, h...Leigh - professional facilitation. Interesting, had not thought that far. Back to my corner for some thinking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613186082480605354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346085166223246096.post-25736521818902295582008-09-17T02:56:00.000+10:002008-09-17T02:56:00.000+10:00I like your reflective thoughts on what a communit...I like your reflective thoughts on what a community is. As a teaching credential student, I have been reading about different teaching methods, one being to create a community environment inside the classroom. I believe by having everyone collaborate together as a community, more can be accomplished. It gives more opportunity for the students to not only learn, but to also teach each other. I like your examples of how this occurs outside of the classroom as well, such as on the soccer field. Great thoughts!Jenny Ariettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518933268749598625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346085166223246096.post-40834022301422500042008-09-16T14:30:00.000+10:002008-09-16T14:30:00.000+10:00Nice one! I think you are on the right path. Your ...Nice one! I think you are on the right path. Your examples are not so much looking at the domain that a professional facilitator might occupy, but perhaps more importantly the aspects of community. While I don't want to go back into a conversation about teaching practices (your new direction has far more potential) you can see that the teaching aspect is simply an event within a broader, if under appreciated context. In the case of the soccer, it may be true that the coaching of kids to play soccer is central, but appreciating the full experience as you have begun to do could lead to something more fulfilling and engaging for the kids and their parents. The teaching becomes less of a focus, but still an important event and purpose.<BR/><BR/>But I'd be keen to see you go further away from your teacher frame. This is just a start. You have brought forth some nice community aspects, keep doing that. What about thinking of professional facilitation? Where does that take place? Its everywhere really, just under appreciated and often over shadowed by other events - like teaching :)Leigh Blackallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845313396595646728noreply@blogger.com