Members-U3A Margaret River

Course Details


Course Code:	20BEH2
Description:	Understand your Behaviour in Community
Frequency:	weekly
Leader:	Martin Ringer
Type:	Short Course
Location:	MRCC church
Start Date:	14/10/2020 Wed
Finish Date:	28/10/2020
Start Time:	14:00
Finish Time:	16:00
Number of weeks:	3
Maximum enrolments:	15
Number Enrolled:	10
Comments:	Why do nice intelligent people (like us) fight about things like politics, environmental policies, land development proposals, immigration and a host of other things? And why, at other times are these same people friendly, generous and collaborative? Socio-analyst Martin Ringer will outline some frameworks for thinking about social dynamics. He will involve participants in experiential explorations of their own social systems, unpicking the dynamics of conflict and collaboration and linking the social with the personal. The course will deal with real issues in participants’ lives and in their community. The aim is to enable you to tread more lightly in and around your social systems and communities and be better prepared to deal constructively with those conflicts in which we inevitably find ourselves. However, this is not a traditional ‘conflict resolution’ course. Session 1 – Re-connecting and reflecting on how their previous two sessions in Semester 1 have shaped peoples’ thinking during the lockdown. Session 2 - How can I help? Explore ways of reducing community-based conflict and increasing cooperation. Session 3 - Thinking ahead about collaboration and conflict. Examine ways of applying new ideas to old problems.
Additional Comments and Prerequisite:	Open only to Semester one enrolees. Venue: Church Gallery, Margaret River Community Centre, 33 Tunbridge Street
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