Iain Douglas Stewart

Fresh start

By Iain 3 December 2017Creativity, Internet, ReflectionsNo Comments

I think it is time for a fresh start. Time to draw a line under everything that has come before. You see, I have been pre-occupied with transferring everything from the old community website to this one before I can do anything else, but to be honest, I don't think anyone would notice if I never did. It was fifty…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 29th November 2017

By Iain 29 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we were went over the work we had done so far to identify if we had any gaps, but we spent most of our time doing roleplays. We did three roleplays in our group, and I had one as a counsellor, one as a client and one as an observer. In the first roleplay I portrayed a man…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 22nd November 2017

By Iain 22 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we watched some roleplays from YouTube. I found them to be quite wooden and badly acted, especially given that they were reading from scripts. We also did some roleplay of our own this week, focusing around using the formula for primary empathy. The formula is: Listening to what is said and taking time to understand what has been…

L2CiCS: Reflecive Diary – 15th November 2017

By Iain 15 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we were asked to write about an experience we had that was interpreted differently by the other person we were with. My wife, my three year old son and I were at a soft-play centre. After a little while I got bored, so I got my phone out and started browsing the internet. I looked up from my…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 15th November 2017

By Iain 15 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we were asked to describe the meaning of empathy in our own words. Here are my words: Empathy is being aware of other people’s emotional responses and seeing things from their point of view, understanding how they react to problems or how they have reacted to problems. It could be likened to walking alongside someone, so that you…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 8th November 2017

By Iain 8 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week, we were challenged to explore our Moral Values, and to complete the Self Puzzle. My Moral Timeline One community that I have been a part of for all of my life is the rather large community of Great Britain, which is governed by laws. These laws are in line with a lot of our own personal moral values,…

Learning Log – 8th November 2017

By Iain 8 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week, we worked on a variety of different topics. One of those was defining the difference between prejudice and stereotypes. A prejudice is a decision that a person makes about something or someone without any evidence, based on a preconceived notion of some kind. A stereotype is an oversimplified idea of what a typical member of a class or…

L2CiCS: Notes on my Self Puzzle – 8th November 2017

By Iain 8 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

Today we were given the task of creating a self puzzle to help develop the accuracy of our self-awareness. I clearly interpreted it as a maze-like puzzle, rather than a jigsaw puzzle. To start with, I took the seven virtues that I thought described me best, added love as the central core of all the virtues, and added empathy and…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 1st November 2017

By Iain 1 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we were given a handout about Exploring Cultural Identity, the aim of which is to help us become aware of our cultural identity. They are in a different order than asked on the sheet to make them fit on the pages better. Who am I? I am Iain, I am me. I am a person, a man. I…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 1st November 2017

By Iain 1 November 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we explored prejudices further with two questions. The first is: Why do we judge? Judging can be seen, at its most basic level, as a survival mechanism. It allows people to quickly gain a working understanding of new situations and new people. It highlights any physical or abstract differences in someone or something in the judging person’s mind,…