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Making Sense of Complexity – an introduction to Cynefin
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Clear
The (W.R.I.T.E) way informed by Robert’ Murphy’s Syllabus Design (The recipe)
- Well-designed instructional blocks and framework
- Rationale course tenets
- Intuitive course content
- Timely series and sequences
- Entry and exit levels
Complicated
. Negotiate Gray areas by standing between the black and the white spaces.
- G – General Practices
- R – Researchers and their Research
- A – Application of content through interactions
- Y – Your research on your practice
Complex
Practice “Ready, Fire, Aim” safe-to-fail experiments by
- R.E.A.D.Y
- R – routines and habits
- E – engage, express and enrich each interactions
- A – apply and automatize systems that promote predictable processes
- D – duration – Maintaining short-term attention and long-term retention of knowledge and students
- Y – yearning – Motivated and compelled to to engage
- F.I.R.E
- F – Focus with all your sense
- I – Inspect what emerges
- R – Retain your grip on reality
- E – Endure the endeavor
- A.I.M
- A – Assess the mark
- I – Identify the knowns and unknowns
- M – make adjustments
Chaotic
- Be Water
- Go with flow as a liquid
- Evaporate or glide away when things get to hot
- Form, unform, and reform principles/beliefs/processes as ice and EZ water
- Enjoy the free fuel from how biological energy is harnessed through the interactions with EZ water
Learn more: The Fourth State of Water