Activity 3.1 | Putting it all together: Linking Theory to Practice
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| Course: | Relational Leadership |
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| Date: | Sunday, 11 May 2025, 7:04 PM |
Activity 3.1 | Putting it all together: Linking Theory to Practice
In the first activity of this module, you will reflect on and capture what truly matters to you by revisiting the reflections and insights you developed in Module One and Module Two to help you build a strong foundation for exploring relational leadership and practices in Module Three.You will reflect on your understanding of an Ethics of Care from Module One, including the key relationships and responsibilities you identified, and you will consider how these ideas shape your perspective on fostering meaningful connections and sustaining ethical practices in your personal and professional life.
You will then recall the visual representation you created to map the influences and relationships that connect you to others, both human and other-than-human, and think about how this mapping informs your understanding of interconnectedness and its role in leadership and care practices.
You will use these reflections to deepen your exploration of relational leadership. Consider as you engage how the values, relationships, and responsibilities you identified in these earlier modules intersect and guide your approach to leadership within your context.
Take time to explore your thoughts, starting from your local/personal context or expanding outward to a broader/global perspective. Engage with this activity deeply, as it will provide a vital foundation for the work ahead in Module Three.
Revisiting an Ethics of Care
1. Revisit Your Work from Module One: An Ethics of Care- Reflect on what an Ethics of Care requires.
- Consider the types of relationships and relations that need to be nurtured.
- Think about how these relationships and relations are cultivated, practiced, and sustained, as well as the necessary contextual conditions for this.
- Contemplate your responsibility to activate (put into practice) an Ethics of Care.
- Use the Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC, 2021) Code of Ethics as a helpful resource to inform and support your reflections.
- Recall the 3–5 core aspects of your identity you identified earlier.
- Why did you choose these particular aspects of your identity?
- How do these aspects inform your sense of responsibility in practicing an Ethics of Care?
Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia. (2021). Code of ethics. https://www.ecebc.ca/resources-merchandise/code-of-ethics
Revisiting Standpoints and Models
Now, revisit your work from Module Two: Standpoints and Models.
1. Reflect on your Social Location
What were the 3-5 core aspects of your identity that you wrote down?
Why did you choose these aspects of your identity?
Assuming it’s because they matter to you, dig a little deeper and write down why they matter to you
2. Reflect on the 5 models of Leadership
Which one(s) did you relate to most?
Which one(s) did you not?
Perhaps there were aspects of many that you will combine. Which ones resonated the most?
Are you able to see how they influence one another? In which ways?
- Try to make more explicit connections here to your personal and social location and the styles of leadership you prefer.
- If you researched additional models, which ones did you, and did you not, relate to? Why?