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An arts-based approach to facilitating systems thinking in student leadership programs
Valeria CortesApril 3, 2013
Why? In what ways the implementation of Image Theatre in Student Leadership Programs illustrate the potentiality for undergraduate students to better understand ‘the bigger picture’ and the interconnections of their intersecting social systems?
Student LeadershipThe Social Change Model of Leadership Development (Higher Education Research Institute, 1996)
Society
Group
Individual
Change
What is Image Theatre?
What is Systems Thinking?
Research Design
• Arts-based methodology• Environmental Sustainability and
Leadership Development Program
Image Theatre
as research method
and pedagogy
Hidden systems
Findings Implications for Practice
Student’s understanding of systems
Enhanced curriculum design:
Awareness of system integrators
•Theoretical integration
Strong idea of activism •Opportunity for intentional learning
Awareness of complexity Increased awareness of the times we live in
Facilitator’s reflexivity Enhanced pedagogy:Preparation and training, focus on real stories, scope, time,
*Graphic recording as a tool for learning and reflection
Raising awareness of arts-based approaches
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