The Justice Institute has developed a really cool way to teach new skills.

First – They identify what people want to learn to do better.

Second – They talk about the Gap, the space between what the students already know and what they want to learn.

Third – Through talking, directed group discussions and role playing exercises they close the Gap.

Fourth – They solicit honest feedback each day, and after the course. “What worked?” “What did not?” “Please be honest. It’s the only way we can improve.”

The whole experience was engaging, exhausting, and worthwhile. Of course, now I know some theory, and a bit of how this can work. Now I get to see how much of this I can integrate this into real life. To get a Certificate in Mediation I still need to do an Assessment. After I study awhile more I can video the monitored assessment and mail it in from Brazil where it will be reviewed somewhere off the JIBC site.