Resource 13
Footprints
This exercise is devised by Jenny Moon, modified from an original idea in Progoff (1975). Rationale
This exercise is modified from the 'Stepping stones' exercise of Progoff (1975). The principal aim of the exercise is to 'jog' or as Progoff says 'loosen' memory about a particular topic. Any topic at all can be the subject matter, for example, it can enable the exploration by individuals and groups of experiences such as 'being a learner' or the development of capacities such as 'skills', and so on. The exercise is particularly valuable for: | • exploring experiences or experiences of something (such as 'learning', feeling 'cared for' or 'teaching'). The topic might be the subject of current or future work for example, in learning journals; |
| • expanding personal perspectives on some topic or issue; |
| • finding subject matter for story writing - for creative writing or for professional development or other academic purposes; |
| • the generation of subject matter for personal skills exercises such as the giving of presentations; |
| • enabling the sharing of ideas in a group about a specific topic; |
| • group development. For shy or uninvolved participants in a group it provides a situation in which everyone will have a turn to make an oral |
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Publication information:
Book title: A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning: Theory and Practice.
Contributors: Jennifer A. Moon - Author.
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer.
Place of publication: London.
Publication year: 2004.
Page number: 227.
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