tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post1508716825717171913..comments2023-12-08T03:29:25.202-05:00Comments on Adult Literacy @ VCU: Missed OpportunitySusan Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203951366654414340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-5571714523465536222014-02-10T22:21:53.895-05:002014-02-10T22:21:53.895-05:00So did you have enough time to storm, norm, form, ...So did you have enough time to storm, norm, form, and perform? Is that even the right order? Action learning would dictate that you might have tried to use only questions or statements in response to questions as a ground rule to bring the group together faster (have you taken capstone?). But in reality, I think you did pretty darn well getting a group of strangers together from different cultures in a high stakes competition for the bosses. Glad I'm not in the corporate world :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467007090781884550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-14660396722544080712014-02-09T20:23:53.383-05:002014-02-09T20:23:53.383-05:00VERY interesting reflection, Jen. It reminds us ho...VERY interesting reflection, Jen. It reminds us how powerful these invisible forces are (and, as Schein observes, how culture change unsettles our sense of belonging, right and wrong, and our very identity). Now--as I read it, this enormous culture divide you experienced was essentially the painful dissonance between different work cultures. Not to minimize this AT ALL, but now, let's start adding in language, ethnicity, age... Relating Schein's to Freire: thinking about the courage of those women in Elsasser's class: tampering with, even introducing deep cultural fractures in the Bahamian society across gender lines... Whew.<br />An illuminating post, Jen. Thank you! Bill Muthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295192908023335854noreply@blogger.com