CCTNetwork5Feb2018Activity

Activity: Autobiographical Introductions

Allow 3 or 4 minutes per person (or divide time available evenly). Take turns, giving your autobiographical introduction while the others just listen. In this introduction, you take some time to tell the story of how you got to be the kind of person who would end up here, in this Critical and Creative Thinking open house. Try to use your whole time - if you run out of ideas, pause for a moment and see if something else comes up, and refer to the questions below (or the facilitator can nudge you to elaborate on some previous point until your time runs out).

When everyone has taken their turn, continue the discussion as a group if time allows. What did you hear from others that addresses the theme of this event:

• How have your views on critical and/or creative thinking changed over time (and for alums in particular, in your time since you completed the CCT program)?
• What are our experiences and success stories of developing critical and creative thinking -- both in our own individual practices, and across our communities?
• Where are the greatest needs and opportunities to support critical and creative thinking right now, and what steps can be taken to do so?

For additional background on autobiographical introductions, see here.