第２３４回 Workshop報告（１１月２６日）/参加者１８名

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《今回のworkshop　》
○workshop参加人数：18名
○【前半】：The Johari Window Model
○【後半】：Baton of teachers
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＜Agenda＞

The Johari Window Model

How much do you know about yourself? Do you want to know how people describe you? Let’s find out what we are!

The Johari window model is one of the popular techniques that is designed to help people better understand themselves and their relationships with others. It is a convenient and fun method to enhance the individual’s perspective.

The Johari window model is composed of two parts: revealing yourself to others and learning yourself from their feedback.

Everyone is represented by the Johari window model through four windows:

1. Open area – Information about the person’s attitudes, behaviors, emotions, feelings, and skills will be known by the person as well as by others.

2. Blind area – Information about yourself that others know in a group, but you will be unaware of it.

3. Hidden area – Information that is known to you, but will be kept unknown from others.

4. Unknown area – Information of unawareness to yourself as well as others.

Improving self-awareness and personal development are crucial in a social relationship. It would be a great chance to get to know yourself and others. Also, it will be helpful if you want to build a good relationship with others, such as co-workers, relationships in a new environment, even close friends and family members.

On the day of E’s club, I would like to try an activity using this method to get to know yourself and to expand your open window. Also, you may find your blind/unknown windows through this activity.

Activity rules

* 4 people are in a group

* Respect others’ opinions/points of views

1, Need to decide the turn who is the first

2, The first person picks a paper up

3, A question is on the paper that you pick it up, and then you show the question to all

4, The first person thinks of the answer, and other members guess what/how the first person will answer it but don’t tell everybody yet

5, Except for the first person, tell the answer to all members in a group clockwise and give the reason why it comes to mind

6, The first person tells the answer to all the members and explains the reasons why. If someone guesses the answer right, he/she may know about you very well. Of course, it is absolutely fine to have different opinions/perspectives from other members because it will help you to know yourself that you never knew yet.

7, Move to the next person

Example

A, B, C, and D are in a group, A will be the first person.

A picks the paper up, the question is like “What kind of breakfast does he/she might eat regularly?”

A thinks the answer, but does not tell everybody yet.

B, C, and D also guess what kind of breakfast A might eat usually.

B, C, and D tell the answers with reasons.

A tells the answer with reasons and finds who is the closest/farthest answer.

A will know himself/herself open window also blind/unknown window.

…Someone may reveal your hidden window, be careful! 

<Reference>

The Johari Window Model

≪LATTER HALF≫

＜Agenda＞

Baton of teachers

   Japan’s ministry of education started a social media campaign titled as “教師のバトン” or “Baton of teachers”. This campaign calls for current teachers to post messages and stories on social media for students considering becoming school teachers. The ministry had expected that this campaign would raise students’ interest in pursuing teaching as a career, since teacher shortage is becoming a nationwide problem.

However, the campaign backfired spectacularly that comments from teachers expressing severe working environments flooded instantly. A teacher wrote: “I am retiring tomorrow. In my younger years, I worked literally from morning to night. Now that I think about the past, there were too many things that I lost.” Another said, “I was able to take only two days off a year” after becoming an adviser to an extracurricular club.

An academic 2016 survey by the ministry revealed that more than 30% of teachers at elementary schools and nearly 60% of teachers at junior high schools worked 80 hours overtime per month, which is considered a death from overwork redline. It is the education ministry, rather than teachers, to whom a heavy baton–reform of teachers’ workstyle–has been passed.

What do you think about this issue? Please share the opinion of your group about Q.3 at the end.

1. What kind of images do you have for “school teachers”?

2. Do you agree or not, about shifting supervision of weekend club activities to community activities?　Why or why not?

3. Do you think schools should only focus on academic activities and abandon other work to reduce the burden on teachers? Please explain your reasons.

<References>

Teachers give harsh lessons to ministry, those eyeing profession

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14327541

Japan’s teachers are fed up with staying after school

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/03/national/media-national/japan-teachers-staying-school/

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