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Institute of Global Education Part 4 Orientation Course Instructions |
PROJECT NATURECONNECTSECTION 1: STARTUP GUIDELINES AND MECHANICS
Where can I find a course application form?
. APPLICATION An Application Form link is found here http://www.rockisland.com/~process/5grnchapplic.html
and at the end of this notice for your convenience, if you have
not yet submitted one.
Do I need to buy extra course credit if I am in an IGE Degree
or Certificate Program?
If you are in an IGE Degree Program or Certificate Program,
credit for the completed course will automatically be provided
to you by the Institute of Global Education (IGE) Certificate
or Degree Program once you officially enroll in it.
How do I sign up for course credit from Portland State University?
Once you have completed this one credit course and received
your grade, you may arrange and pay for optional Portland State
University credit at ($43/credit extra). At that time you will
complete a hard copy of the credit application and mail it with
the appropriate credit fee via postal mail to Project NatureConnect,
P.O. Box 1605 Friday Harbor, WA 98250.
PLEASE NOTE: You do not need this credit if you are only going
to use this course with IGE as in 2 above. PSU credit is for
transferring this course to a degree program or professional
situation that is unaffiliated with IGE. or for other training
or professional credit purposes.
What aspects of the course are covered in the Course Organization
Letter I will receive?
As mentioned earlier, you will have by this time, or shortly,
receive and email with updated course information. It will cover
one of more of the following items:
1. Interact Group name ______________(you can change the unofficial
name by mutual consent after the course convenes)
How do I contact the other course members to share activities
and results with them?
2. Interact Group Participants Mailing List.
You will be asked to make a group mailing list from the names
and addresses on it, so be sure to save this email until you
do. You can put the group list together and mail it out asking
folks to respond to it and see if it is reaching all the participants
in the group.
Note that there may be additional participants and/or subtractions
from list by the Sunday starting date.
*Can I let other
people know who is taking the course with me in my study group?
Very important: The course is controversial in some religious,
political and anti-environmental circles and has at times been
subject to harassment (spam, discomforting letters ) Address
lists should be held in strict confidence to avoid unpleasant
complications from "outsiders." If any question arises
about giving out email addresses to people not on the course,
check with the group before acting.
How do the course participants help organize and lead the
course?
Guide support roles in the group will be offered identified
and described. as below. If you are not comfortable with the
role you are offered, please write the course organizer and facilitator,
if there is one, to replace you in your role.
How does the course organize itself?
In nature, the purpose of life is to support life. This is
accomplished by members of the global life community following
their natural attractions .as they come into play. For this reason,
the course interact group attempts to think and be self-organized,
like nature and ecosystems work. In order for the group to function
and meet its psychological global citizenship goals this way,
the roles described below are taken on by members of the group
who feel attracted to playing their assigned role. Sometimes
the group decides to share all roles, sometimes individuals specialize
in one type of support. Often, we each learn how we can best
provide this kind of community support by providing it.
*Do the course guides
need special skills?
For the most part, the groups are self-sustaining as each
participant is born with all the natural attributes needed to
complete and teach the course.
How is self-governance achieved?
The group support roles make each group member be part of
a group facilitating team and eliminates the necessity for a
facilitator of co-facilitator for the group, even though one
is usually part of the group for training purposes and offering
assistance from past experiences with the course.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants are invited to help further the program by becoming co-facilitators for future groups and sharing the knowledge you have gained in this course. This is part of the process of self organization and higher learning. The most effective and potent way to learn the material in this course is by teaching/facilitating it here or elsewhere.
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