At Sunday evening me, Veronika, Minerva
and Dalle arrived in Björköby, Korsholm, where I grew up. We also stayed there
during the 3 days we were in Ostrobothnia. We started planning for the project
prosecution for the following day.
At Monday morning when we arrived to the
classroom in Novia where we would be during the day, were there already
students waiting for us.
We started off with a check in, where the students
told about their mood and where they were from, since it was a multicultural
group, we were interested to know. The group, NU12, was curious about what we
were going to do and they were very polite.
When the real work started I kicked off
with the communication workshop. The workshop was about actively listening, straight
communication and how to handle conflicts in a group. Minerva, Veronika and
Dalle filled me in if they also had a point with something I said or different
examples. We helped each other J NU12 asked questions when they did
not understand or wanted us to help them find a solution to their problem, if
they had one. They gave us different examples and asked how to do in those kinds
of cases. It was really interesting too for us, since they also said that they
would not do it in that way that we suggested, because of the cultural differences.
It was no big things, but still a difference, that was really interesting to see
J
After lunch we started with the more
interactive part of the day. We had a four corner value exercise. For each
sentence that was read, the students went to a corner, whether they agreed, disagreed,
did not know or had an own opinion. Then we discussed the issues and different values.
We also had the articles of human rights with us and then the students were
supposed to read an article and then have a discussion about it. There were of
course many different opinions and the discussion and dialogue when really
well. You could see a process from the previous workshop part set in motion
already, which also showed us in the projectgroup that we did a good work! J in
the check out NU12 told that they appreciated the workshop and left with a
happy mood, so did we J
On Tuesday in the check in we found out
that the students actually had more expectations than the precious day because
it had been so informative, different and fun. Tuesday was reserved for
projectwork. We introduced them to all the documents that we are using as tools
in the projects and why these are good to know about and how to use them. NU12
got a little confused and there was some frustration, but in the end, the
students came up with really nice ideas for a project to do during
international nurses day(http://www.icn.ch/publications/2013-closing-the-gap-millennium-development-goals-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1/). Some of them wrote a group contract for their
projectgroups and some even did do some more documentation.
NU12 really relied in us, which was also
gaining trust for each other. Now we’re keeping in touch so we can help them
with the project if they need any. And I am going to be there on international
nurses day. We could see the process in their communication just the two days we were there and we are proud of the work we all did together :)
Proud projectleader
julle *
