Course Description:

 

This course was by far one of the most interesting ones that allowed me to interact with fellow classmates in person, collaborate on different ideas, and expand my own mind on the possibilities of creative thinking in relation to leadership, communication, and personal growth. The most memorable part of this class was my three day on-campus experience that allowed me to meet professors, classmates, and learn more about the Gonzaga community. With a focus on “leadership and architecture,” “leadership and creativity,” and “leadership and interdisciplinary arts,” we designed our learning around the ideas of ‘seeing and seeing again.’ With exercises rooted in the teaching of a Jesuit education, we learned about how to collaborate with classmates on seeing deeper into our own photographs, learning about the movement of our own body, and stepping out of our comfort zones to learn about the truly important people, characteristics, and personal traits that make up our lives. To round out this course, I put my creative ideas to the test and put together a mock radio broadcast to interview people and explain the ideas behind leadership and creativity in regards to what it meant personally to each of them.

 

Course Artifact:

 

For this class, my final project consisted of a radio broadcast that I put together to summarize the on campus learning and culminate the course competencies. I am the host and interviewer in this radio broadcast that has me interviewing four different people to get their ideas on ‘seeing and seeing again,’ and what creativity means to them. An explanation and breakdown of the contents of the radio broadcast can be found in the description under the video with the link here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Materials:

 

Books:

Carey, M. (NDA). Introduction to st. ignatius and imagination, Retrieved from: https://learn.gonzaga.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1414300-dt-content-rid10076620_1/courses/ORGL502_B1_11953_FA14/502%20-%20Ignatius%20and%20Imagination.pdf

 

Halpern, H. (2009). Supervision and the Johari window: A framework for asking questions. Education for Primary Care, 20, 10-14.

                                                                                            

Schwartz, B., Yakov, B., & Dasco, C. (2010). What makes a good decision? Robust satisficing as a normative standard of rational decision making. Journal of the Theory of Social Behavior, 41(2), 209-227.