"Therapy" and "supervising" informed by postmodern premises involve similar processes--collaborative relationships and generative conversations--even though the context, participants and intent of the endeavors are different: Supervisors and supervisees connect, collaborative and construct with each other to access creativity and imagination to create possibilities where none seemed to exist before. The Laboratory is designed as a postgraduate 40 hour course.

Join Harlene Anderson and educators/trainers/supervisors from around the world--to jointly create a collaborative learning community in which to explore and expand your competencies in learning from a postmodern collaborative perspective (in universities, postgraduate training institutes, agency, business, and private contexts.. Drawing from the expertise and experiences of the participants, along with Harlene, the Laboratory will focus on:

• What is collaborative learning?
• What does a collaborative learning philosophy value?
• What are the "characteristics" of a collaborative learning community?
• What does a collaborative learning community look like in action?
• What are the challenges of collaborative learning?
• How can we invite collaborative learning in hierarchical contexts and systems?
• What are some examples of collaborative learning in various settings such as universities, training institutes, private and agency contexts?
• How can collaborative learning be faciilitated across cultures?

Certificate: Participants will receive a certificate upon completion.

Schedule: The schedule will follow the ISI and pre-ISI schedules, as well as special times for participants to meet and will include some homework assignments. Contact Harlene for more details: harleneanderson@earthlink.net.

Hotel Registration: You will register directly with the Hotel Las Palapas. Please see registration form and general information.

Fee and Registration: Participants will register for the ISI and the pre-ISI.

" . . . once one gives up on the search for foundations and the quest for certainty,
human inquiry into truth and knowledge shifts to the social communal circumstances under which
persons can communicate and cooperate in the process of acquiring knowledge."
Cornell West

Bring your colleagues and join Harlene in a collaborative forum for experienced and new supervisors, trainers and educators who work in postgraduate, university, private and agency settings for an update on creating collaborative learning communities and networking with others from around the world. Expand your possibilities across cultures.

Harlene Anderson
3316 Mount Vernon, Houston, TX 77006, USA
harleneanderson@earthlink.net
Fax: 1-713-528-2618