Joanna Ashworth & Charles Scott: Cultivating a Community of Reflective Practitioners: Lessons from the Dialogue Makers Network
In this session, participants will hear about an initiative of SFU?s Dialogue Programs that bridges the university with the community through the practice of dialogue, and the lessons learned about cultivating the conditions for dialogue and the impact this program has had on it participants. The Dialogue Makers? Network (DMN) was created by SFU?s Dialogue Programs as a space for members of the university and wider community to experience dialogue as a form of inquiry about its practice. Monthly meetings over three years have created a community of reflective practitioners, including negotiators, educators, mental health workers, academics, students, independent scholars, and others. The session will begin with the screening of an eight-minute video featuring DMN members reflecting on the impact of dialogue on their personal and professional lives and what has both surprised and transformed them through this collaborative learning experience.
Following the video screening we will introduce three themes central to dialogue, particularly relevant to dialogue as a pedagogical practice: the power of listening, openness to difference, and a willingness to examine assumptions. As a conceptual framework we will draw from the work of organizational theorist, William Isaacs and urban planner, John Forester.
Following the video screening we will introduce three themes central to dialogue, particularly relevant to dialogue as a pedagogical practice: the power of listening, openness to difference, and a willingness to examine assumptions. As a conceptual framework we will draw from the work of organizational theorist, William Isaacs and urban planner, John Forester.
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