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Chapter 7. Activities 2

Coordinating reflection

Abstract

Chapter 7 deals with the debriefing sessions which, after the conclusion of cooperation and trust games, stimulate children’s collective reflections on their previous experience. Debriefing sessions are supposed to promote appreciation of the ways in which sociality is constructed, and acknowledgement of a deeper common ground in terms of fundamental values, on the basis of which intercultural citizenship can be established. Thus, a crucial question is: how is reflection sustained in debriefing sessions? Reflection is often the outcome of a disempowering monologue relying on competence-related hierarchies between adults and children, where adults try to control the interaction. The promotion of creative forms of reflection, where children’s active participation brings about new meanings, is evident only in some interactions.

Abstract

Chapter 7 deals with the debriefing sessions which, after the conclusion of cooperation and trust games, stimulate children’s collective reflections on their previous experience. Debriefing sessions are supposed to promote appreciation of the ways in which sociality is constructed, and acknowledgement of a deeper common ground in terms of fundamental values, on the basis of which intercultural citizenship can be established. Thus, a crucial question is: how is reflection sustained in debriefing sessions? Reflection is often the outcome of a disempowering monologue relying on competence-related hierarchies between adults and children, where adults try to control the interaction. The promotion of creative forms of reflection, where children’s active participation brings about new meanings, is evident only in some interactions.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Empowering dialogue in intercultural settings 3
  5. Chapter 2. The research project 29
  6. Chapter 3. The CISV narrative 47
  7. Chapter 4. Organisational meetings 1 75
  8. Chapter 5. Organisational meetings 2 101
  9. Chapter 6. Activities 1 127
  10. Chapter 7. Activities 2 155
  11. Chapter 8. Activities 3 173
  12. Chapter 9. Activities 4 199
  13. Chapter 10. Activities 5 217
  14. Conclusions 241
  15. References 265
  16. Index 273
Dialogue in Intercultural Communities
This chapter is in the book Dialogue in Intercultural Communities
https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.4.07far

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Empowering dialogue in intercultural settings 3
  5. Chapter 2. The research project 29
  6. Chapter 3. The CISV narrative 47
  7. Chapter 4. Organisational meetings 1 75
  8. Chapter 5. Organisational meetings 2 101
  9. Chapter 6. Activities 1 127
  10. Chapter 7. Activities 2 155
  11. Chapter 8. Activities 3 173
  12. Chapter 9. Activities 4 199
  13. Chapter 10. Activities 5 217
  14. Conclusions 241
  15. References 265
  16. Index 273
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