2nd February 2010
My First reflection
After the previous day of ice-breaking I felt more at ease with Long Luca and Darling Daniela. The matching adjective to the names made them more easy to remember and sometimes the adjective really described the person such as Manic Michelle and Handsome Harri and of course Nutty Ninette. LOL..The ice breaking games made me realise more the importance of teamwork and communication between us all.
Back to today. When Caroline started explaining about the whole thing that was required to be done by us at first it was all in Greek as I did not really understand what it was all about, what we really had to do. As the digital presentations started rolling, apart from the introduction of the participants and their workplaces, their culture and the beauty of the countries we all come from I started to think why did we have to make this digital video in the first place? We could easily have introduced ourselves in the first meeting. The preparation for this video helped us to develop a relationship between the participants of each country, some of which met for the very first time for this programme. We learned how to listen to each other’s ideas and contribute to this piece of work.
After listening to the afternoon presentations things began to focus more. Every country is doing the best that it can but every system has got its flaws. There were things in common between countries, things that are done better in one country than other. Countries that use different approaches to learning like the Italian example. There was though one common aim. Everybody wants to produce excellent nurses from each respective county. People started communicating more openly at the end of the presentation and now that I have a clearer idea of what this thing is all about I believe that yes we must help each other in creating appropriate tools for mentors as well as for student as after I heard the speakers of today, students, educators and mentors I realized that there is an excellent skill mix that we must tap. The socializing that started with the little festa in The Barn and ended in a Pub at Archway where the discussions continued on a more social level, we were also joined by Bernard and Rodienne, made me aware that all the students had common problems were discussing them openly and enjoying themselves.
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Hey Ninette,
ReplyDeleteJust noticing that you are posting at 2am!! i hope you are getting enough sleep!! Your first posting is particularly interesting as the essence of it is - interpersonal relationships. Perhaps the single most significant event of the first day was in fact learning each others names - as without social interaction, there will be very minimal professional learning. All the rules, regulations and logistical stuff will happen or becoming clearer later!! Ending up in the pub is in fact a good extension of the socialisation process!!! I look forward to reading more of your postings.