I learnt much from Lynda'scomments about my project plan.These make me clear what I need to strength. My project collective action might require at a “high” levels over long period before I can see any real evidence of those actions resulting in change. My road is out of community development and sounds so ambitious. It is important to recognize that different stakeholders bring a different preference for action.
If my project aims can be achieved sustainability; I need to aspire to deeper questioning. By using the iceberg model, the questions I ask the children and parents from single child family remains at the “what has happened” level, the corresponding action is to seek more methods: reaction. If the questioning goes one level deeper to “what has been happening”, perhaps those additional ways would be built ahead of demand: anticipation. I should be aware of that I am dealing with a complex problem. I need to develop a different kind of questioning that leads to very different types of action.
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There have been a growing number of single-child families in china especially in cities since one-child policy was introduced in 1979. There are concerns about demographic and sex imbalance and the psychological effects for a generation of only children in the cities. The project of single child family aims to deal with or prevent from some issues related to one child family via a strong connection between such families and a good relationship net between each child. To achieve the project’s aim, I look for the cooperation of departments of education and policy. Another level of participants includes single child , parents and volunteers who are adult single child.
Hi Na,
ReplyDeleteWow that was pretty inspiring reflection. Often we can see the issue, we can see what the solution is.
Or is it, what we determine as the solution may very well not be. It is extremely important in Community Development to know that our solutions are not always the best. And sometimes the solution is fine- but the process needs to be different for that community.
I personal don't think we are reminded of this enough.
How often do we see well meaning people enter or take over their communities to ensure outcomes to meet needs.
And to compound this is the entering into the international arenas and 'fixing their problems'.
So you are right in your next planning of community action- you need to sit back re group and incorporate those that you are aiming to work with as the next few steps.
It will be interesting to see how this progresses.
I have attached a few reports from foreign correspondant from ABC tv on the issue- 2 of them are a couple of years old, but one is for last year where a minister here believes that Australia should go down the same path.... interesting
Karen
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/22/2549917.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2007/2013526.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/02/09/1844534.htm