Week 10
Overview
This unit offers the opportunity to anchor the learning processes of this course in personal reflection through a debrief of the risk assessment group process and associated learnings.
Iterative learning at the personal and organizational levels is essential to adaptation practice. Much of effective adaptation is about starting where you are and doing what you can with the resources at hand. The nature of climate change means that there can be no single right answers, even in well-defined contexts. Systems theory makes it clear that with complex adaptive systems there will always be unintended consequences, and judgements need to be made about what to prioritize and when. The skills to navigate uncertainty, in climate change as with any complex challenge, rely heavily on our capacities to learn, reflect, and act on that learning. As things change, new situations will require different action.
This unit will connect back to the first unit of this course, and give the opportunity to reflect on your own locations, group process and own judgement that were made or issues that were overlooked. The challenges of bringing together multiple worldviews and integrating different knowledge systems into coherent responses are the work of lifelong learning. This course will close with the emphasis on the essential capacities of adaptation practitioners to be observant, empathetic, reflective and humble leaders. By the end of this course you should be able to notice what you know and what you do not in this area of practice.
Activities and Assessment
- Complete Unit 5 Readings.
- Complete Assignment 4: Adaptation Priorities Presentation
- Contribute to the MACAL course community.
Unit 5 Activity 1: Complete Required Readings
These readings present a variety of perspectives on translating knowledge into action, creating change, and the role of researchers in contributing to solutions.
Unit 5 Activity 2: Complete Assignment 5
This assignment focuses on knowledge translation and mobilization -translating your good work, research, and thinking into recommendations for action for a specific audience. Review Assignment 5 for details. Submit this Assignment to the appropriate Moodle Assignment Dropbox.