PROJECT NATURECONNECT Institute of Global Education Applied Ecopsycology/Integrated Ecology  ORIENTATION COURSE ©Copyright 1996 Michael J. Cohen Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship: The Science of Connecting With the Web of Life The Art of Thinking With Nature ORIENTATION COURSE PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS AND TABLE OF INSTRUCTION CONTENTS (bottom of page) A single page copy of these nine parts of the instructions is available for printing out hard copy. It may be found at http://www.rockisland.com/~process/5grnchainstructprint.html Dear Applicant, Welcome, and thanks for participating in our online Orientation Course, Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship: You have connected to this Instruction Page because you received a letter or invitation from the Institute of Global Education to visit here with respect to the Orientation Course you have signed up for. You may already received the tentative starting date and the names and addresses of some or all of the participants in your section of the course. If not, you will receive them when they are complee. If you will not be participating on the section of the course you are assigned please let the staff know immediately so we can make arrangements for the course to continue without you. Another section of this course may start in about two weeks, perhaps you can join it or others that follow. Again, be sure to contact the staff if you will not be participating in this section of the course and tell us what you would like to do. You will be given 4-6 days to familiarize yourself with the instructions below, more when possible. Please recognize that each of us and the experiences we share become an important "real life textbook" for this course. To be sure you can participate, be sure you have submitted your application and made payment arrangements, sent for books, buttons, etc. where applicable as described below, and have your email and web contact program in good working order. The information and instructions below are based on you being familiar with the contents of a short article The Natural Systems Thinking Process: how restoring our inherent 53 sense way of knowing corrects destructive personal and environmental relationships. You may skip parts ot the instructions that you may have already read on our web pages as long as you know how to apply them. NOTE:To obtain a helpful whole overview of the course please read entirely through the nine short pages of instructions that follow starting with Part One   Please proceed to Part One Later you can use the Table of Instuction Contents below to review topics you have already visited..   TABLE OF COURSE INSTRUCTION CONTENTS (for later use only) Part One What is the general course topic? How is the course taught? How many hours of work does the course entail? What is the best way to learn the course material? Do I have to take the course before I can facilitate it or intern in it? Who are the course participants? Part Two Preparation and Overview Attitude: Schedule: Role of attractions Written material Guidelines and process Unity Value and self-empowerment Why the process works. What guidelines help the course organize itself? Part Three What is the major task on the course? What challenges does the course present How have past participants met the course challenges? Is the course always successful? If questions arise, who do I contact?: What and why are there two course starting dates?   Part Four Where can I find a course application form Do I need to buy extra course credit if I am in an IGE Degree or Certificate Program? How do I sign up for course credit from Portland State University? What aspects of the course are covered in the Course Organization Letter I will receive? How do I contact the other course members to share activities and results with them? Can I let other people know who is taking the course with me in my study group? How do the course participants help organize and lead the course? How does the course organize itself? Do the course guides need special skills? How is self-governance achieved? Part Five How do I find out if I have a guide role offered to me? What are the four main guide roles? A: Group Consciousness and Communication Supporter: B. Participation Supporter: C. Agenda Supporter: D. Coordination Supporter: How long does the course take? Why is so short a course so long? Can the duration of the course be adjusted? Is it easy to modify the course duration? Part Six Is the course based on day by day as well as long term commitments? How do course participants actually study themselves and each other? Why does the course insist that participants learn to make conscious sensory contact with and in natural areas? Does the course support all kinds of learning and ways of knowing? Why is nature connected learning the course focus? How does the course help us undo our destructive relationshps? Aren't many of our 5-leg stories deeply ingrained and unchangeable? Is the course atmosphere safe? Part Seven Who teaches the course? What is the course purpose? How does the course reward its members? Through grades? Isn't having a good experience enough? Why verbalize it and post it by email? Do course participants ever get together? How does the course include and integrate participants past experiences? Why does the course focus on immediate experiences? How does the course focus on immediate experiences? What makes immediate experiences so important? What is the significance of immediate experiences with Nature? Part Eight If the course is largely self-organizing, what holds it together? Since Nature is uneducated and non-literate why should I trust what I learn from it on the course? How can I help the course be trustable? Does the course produce unsafe dependencies upon its members? Are their any special "best ways" to exchange email information amongst course members? Part Nine How would you summarize the intent of the Orientation Course? Please proceed to Part One       For previous pages use the BACK or GO of your browser