Why I Am An Effective Facilitator, And Compliment My Partner

First of all, to be put in a group of individuals that I had never met or interacted with before was always going to be difficult. The process of getting to know them better and finding the strengths and weaknesses of each team member was hard at first but the more we worked on the presentation, the better we became at communicating and getting the

What was the most challenging topic for you in this course? What resources or methods might have better assisted you with this topic?

Overall, I have been very impressed with how this course is going so far. I appreciate having a short presentation on the topic each week then having the opportunity to discuss the topic with other group members. I have learned a lot from the readings as well as from other group members. By having everyone share their ideas and thoughts, I feel that I have gotten more out of this course than I had expected. With everyone coming from different educational backgrounds and experiences, it has been interesting to be exposed to different ideas and perceptions on some of these topics. In addition, having group members question and challenge my ideas have promoted me to think more in-depth and explore more closely about the topics. As of right now, there seems to be no issues with my group. Everyone participates in weekly discussions as well as writing the summary. Ideas and opinions are shared in a respectful manner

In summary, this course has really educated my view of being a teacher as well as being able to interact with today’s diverse and fluctuating educational setting. Therefore, the discussions were very good ways in understanding how

The purpose of this essay is to discuss how particular skills contribute to successful partnership working and the values of the nurse. Furthermore, conflicts within partnerships and how these can be managed; and the legal and ethical principles underpinning the clinical practice of the nurse will be discussed. In consideration of these aspects, an episode of care reflecting upon the partnership between a nurse and a carer will evidence how these principles are put into practice. The nurse’s clinical intervention was primarily to support the carer’s child who had a learning disability, autism, and suspected ADHD. These diagnoses subsequently resulted in anxiety and behaviour that challenges in which the nurse was due to support

Standing at the front of the class, my nerves grew from a small, nagging annoyance to rampant thoughts of failure, causing me to scramble, my memory of the topic becoming fuzzy. My groupmate made his closing statement, which signaled to me that the hard part of our presentation was only just beginning. Watching several of my peers’ hands raise, it sunk in that the questioning phase of our presentation, and the only phase we could not thoroughly prepare for, had commenced.

You were not alone in feeling all the mix emotions that this course caused you to have because I too felt the same way. I do agree that this course was not what I expected but do agree that one thing we leave with is having a better understanding of cultural authenticity and being able to question a piece of literature prior to picking it up and sharing without reviewing first. Prior to this course I would never have given any Disney movie like “Brave” a second thought but now our minds will tend to be more aware of those types of things and will give us a great opportunity to have a teachable moment with the audience.

One suggestion that I would give to offer that might help improve the quality of the course would be to provide more assignments based upon creative activities such as the discussion boards for units 7 and 8, creating a

In this reflection I will be addressing aspects of the rubric needed during my initial video and how I felt I met those aspects when completing the task, I will also be mentioning how I will try to improve the areas I am lacking in. The initial video mimicked an initial consult that we would experience during out internal placement and through reflection of this video we will be able to identify ways we can improve and adapt that to a future-learning plan so we can become successful in these skills. It will help us to make decisions in our own learning and be critical in our thinking. There are a lot of areas where improvement is needed due to be unfamiliar with initial consults as I have been mostly observing in internal placement and I understand that with practice I will improve and with this reflection it will be easier for me to identify the exact areas I need improvement on and what areas I can do well and how to use those skills to help adapt and improve on other areas.

I expected coming into this course and not having a clue what I was doing. I also expected not being able to complete each task properly and on time. The reason I was expecting these things to happen was because I am not good at the technical side of writing. I am often discouraged from writing about topics that I do not want to write about; also learning the technical parts of writing can be frustrating for me. I thought that I was going to be overloaded with chapters to read and a ton of work that I did not want to do; however, this was not the case.

As with the Conceptual Teaching Video, I was a little uncertain of the purpose of this assignment. I was unsure whether I was to view this video as if I were interpreting just the closed captioning or if I were to view it as if I were interpreting the live presentation. While watching the video, I realized for the first time how difficult it is to read the captions and pay attention to what is going on in the presentation. One comment that I made during the TAP was that I found it difficult to watch the presenter’s emotions and to simultaneously read the closed captioning. I noticed that, due to having to read the words that the presenter said, it was difficult to concentrate on how to interpret the presentation. For this reason, I began to

Over the course of the meetings, each participant started acquiring new tools. We went over these tools until we got the hang of them. Eventually, it felt as if we always knew how to handle those hurdles. It also helps you understand your partners, you may have worked with some of them before, but perhaps you failed to understand their decisions or behavior. After a series of meetings, it became easier to build bridges when you share without prejudice and in confidence.

Turns out the least helpful section of this course in my opinion was the chapter on actively reading. I have always been an avid reader and I’ve never had a problem with reading comprehension so most of the information and reading strategies that were presented in the text just sounded redundant and didn’t seem to apply to me. There isn’t much I would change about the course except for maybe the length of some writing assignments.

Reflecting on my facilitation skills, I am not sure why I found the facilitation exercise so daunting. I have facilitated therapeutic recreation programs to a senior population, many times without thinking or worrying about it. However, presenting in front of my TREC 3400 peers, I felt it was an overwhelming task. I was very anxious even though I facilitated this activity many times.

While registering for the semester I noticed this course and thought it would be very beneficial for both my personal and professional lives. I felt I was in need of learning new techniques and regimes to reduce stress, increase productivity, and learn to efficiently and effectively relax in order to improve my communication. I mean who wouldn’t want to learn how to relax and receive credit hours at the same time. With that being said I immediately signed up, and for once I was excited opposed to being nervous of the unexpected like I was for previous courses I have taken. Another perk to this class was seeing that Professor Mantel was the instructor. I had taken one of her workshop previously (Humor in Communication), and not only did I learn several beneficial ways to communicate through humor, but the workshop was very interesting and entertaining.