HSS 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Personal Development
24 Nov 2018
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What is it: means of communication designed to facilitate personal expression & interaction in small groups. Each participant is invited to look at photographs to react to them spontaneously, emotionally, subjectively, and globally. Point: to be moved inwardly by them. Photos are symbolic - become key to enable conscious expression. Examples: spiritual development, values clarification, special education, youth camps and youth leadership programmes, student groups, personal development programmes, staff development programmes. What the process needs: evocative photos, small groups, environment, sufficient time, experienced facilitator. Steps in the process: arrange photos, present focus question, participants choose photos, group reflection. Arts based research is an approach to research that exploits the capacities of expressive form to capture qualities of life that impact what we know and how we live (eisner & Use of research in any form that will serve expressive forms that enlighten as a basis for creating a work of art. Extend beyond limitations of written or spoken communication.
