February 8th • Oklahoma City, OK • Active Reflection Techniques to Bring Learning to Life
$ 150.00Hosted by the Association for Challenge Course Technology 8:00 am-12:00 pm
Bring Learning to Life with Meaningful Reflection: Experiential, Brain-Based Reflection and Connection Activities for All Learners
With Jen Stanchfield, M.S.
Tuition includes lunch and a copy of one of Jen Stanchfield's books: Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner or Tips & Tools for the Art of Experiential Group Facilitation.
Join this interactive workshop and explore engaging ways to take advantage of teachable moments and bring learning to life with engaging, participant-centered reflection.
Enliven the traditional sharing circle with engaging, brain-based reflection methods, including movement, metaphor, art, and interactive dialogue, to increase emotional connection, relevancy, and depth of understanding. Promote voice, choice, ownership, and application of learning. Facilitate strong beginnings and optimistic endings beyond the classroom or groupwork experience. Create lasting lessons and help participants of all ages become lifelong reflective learners.
Network and learn with and from other facilitators and educators. Take away inspiration, new perspectives, and practical tools for weaving meaningful reflection and connection throughout your programs.
Attendees Will Gain the following:
- Engaging techniques to increase relevancy, meaning, depth of understanding, and application to future learning
- Tangible ways to enliven the traditional sharing circle using multiple modalities to include all learners
- Insights into the concept of ongoing reflective practice, and dynamic ways to weave reflection throughout and beyond classroom experiences
- Compelling neuroscience research that informs purpose, techniques, and best practices for reflection
- Practical methods to integrate art, metaphor, self-reflection, objects, active dialogue, and movement
- Ways to deepen learning through emotional connection, relevancy, and meaningful reflection using multiple pathways, including imagery, active dialogue, and more
- Strategies for increasing choice, voice, and ownership in reflection
- Techniques for sequencing reflection to maximize learning
- Insights into reflective practice, neuroscience-informed ways to view reflection as an ongoing and enjoyable part of learning experiences rather than an "add-on" or didactic "follow-up."
TO REGISTER: Email jen@experientialtools.com for questions or help with registration.
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