Potlatch as Pedagogy – Reflective Essay

Book: Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony by Robert Davidson and Sara Florence Davidson

Details:

Your assignment must be completed in formal APA style including a title page and reference page. The title page, reference page, and any appendices do not count towards the 8 page maximum length.

1.Locating Oneself: 1 page double-spaced (250 words) maximum

Describe how you came to be living on these lands at this time. As feels comfortable, describe your familys relationships to these lands. Share something that you value about the land that you live on and how this appreciation guides how you live within these lands with an ethic of care and responsibility (for example, a favourite spot to go hiking, a quiet stream very few people know about behind a housing development, your favourite tree, etc.)

2.Emergent ideas about change: 1 page double-spaced (250 words) maximum

CYCC 3520 is all about how we walk alongside children, youth and families as they engage in planned change. Our understanding about change is shaped by our prior learning (in CYC or an allied profession), our life experiences with change, our histories, and our beliefs about the world. In a few paragraphs, share some of your ideas about how change happens, when change happens, and what you believe your role is as a CYC in supporting children and youth to change. Please explicitly discuss how your own experiences with change, personally and professionally shape how you approach your work as a CYC practitioner.

3.Reflections on Potlatch as Pedagogy: 3-4 pages double-spaced (750-1000 words)

For each of the seven chapters in the book, describe a key learning that connects to and enriches your understanding of how we can walk alongside children, youth, and families in the process of change. Explicitly connect the teachings from the book to your own experiences and ideas about change.

4.Summary of learning from Potlatch as Pedagogy: 2 pages double-spaced (500 words) maximum

Conclude your assignment by responding to the following questions.

1. What is the most impactful teaching that you carry with you from Potlatch as Pedagogy? Explain how and why this teaching matters to you.
2. What are two concrete ideas or practices you will integrate into your CYC practice because of the teachings you described in Question 1?
3. What questions has this book sparked for you about processes of change in CYC. Please write at least two juicy questions. A juicy question is not easily answered, is open-ended (cannot be answered with yes or no) and prompts the reader to think deeply about the issue the question raises.