[Ailist] Using AI to begin university course, "Principles of Management"

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Don
 
We have used Appreciative Inquiry as the social learning model in our Org  
Psyc class at JFK University for about 7 years now.  The goal of the class  is 
to increase each student's self awareness as they prepare for consulting,  
coaching and management roles with and in organizations.  
 
The initial inquiry we pose for them as they begin their learning program  is 
framed to help them become more open to learning and more aware of what they  
already know about creating extraordinary learning for themselves and for 
other  members of their learning cohort:
    
Think of a  time when you experienced or participated in extraordinary 
learning, when the  experience of learning had a powerful impact on you and your 
view of the world,  when you felt yourself grow in ways that have been very 
important to you.  It may not have seemed a positive  experience at the time, but 
the ultimate results were long-lasting and  life-giving.  
 
We do similar inquiries about receiving feedback and  about their learning 
goals at various points in the  class.
 
Other learning models we use include Ladder of  Inference as an internal 
framework for understanding how we participate in or  resist learning, Kolbe's 
Learning Styles Inventory, and the Jo-Hari Window to  help students recognize the 
efficacy for learning in both receiving feedback and  practicing 
self-disclosure.
 
Helen
 
Helen Spector
Spector  & Associates
Organizational Process Consulting
9601 NW Leahy Road  #309
Portland OR 97229
1.503.296.7248 voice
1.503.296.7243 fax  




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