Improving organizational practice

A workshop by Tony Saddington

As practitioners involved in social action, we often find ourselves facing the same issues and problems that we faced last year or even last month. We are just too busy to learn important lessons from our own practice. Donald Schon described ‘the reflective practitioner’ as the person able to reflect on their practice and learn from it.

This course is designed to help us explore and develop a range of reflective strategies to enable us to become more mindful of our work and what we can learn from our day-to-day practice. The knowledge we gain involves two types of reflection: ‘reflection-on-action’ or a retrospective standing back; and ‘reflection-in-action’, a reflection that occurs in the midst of or during action.

The course explores a learning methodology called ‘experiential learning’ and the importance of ‘reflection’ in any learning process. Structured exercises illustrate a variety of reflection methods that can be used both in the workplace and in our own lives. Participants will have the opportunity to explore and test out a range of reflective techniques.

The workshop will be run experientially and includes group sessions and short theory sessions. Active participation is encouraged.

Who should attend:
People who wish to explore the concept of ‘reflection’ and how they can use it to transform their learning from practice.

Time needed for workshop:
Two full days.