Volume 8, Number 1, Ottobre 2020
Download issue in PDF format
Editorial:
by Chiara Lui and Lila Vatteroni
Articles:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
What does taking care of you say about me? How professionals in Nursing Home look at elderly people.
by Viviana Bongiorno and Cecilia Pagliardini
AbstractWhat does taking care of you say about me? How professionals in Nursing Home look at elderly people.The present research is grounded in the authors’ experience of working with elderly people and their awareness of a cultural background that conceives the elderly in a rather preemptive and constellatory way. We used Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) as a lens to explore constructs and experiences around the caring relationship and assistance of elderly people, within a Nursing Home unit comprising social workers and nurses. From the thematic analysis of 17 semi-structured interviews emerged some commonalities in terms of preemptive and regnant constructions of their work and stereotypical constructions of the elderly person. Some minor difference emerged in terms of propositional constructions. The present study highlights the importance of facilitating supporting and developmental opportunities for care-providers.
Key words:Care-providers, elderly people, nursing home, care constructs, stereotyping vs understanding.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
A PCP approach to conflict resolution in Learning Communities.
by Ann-Louise Davidson, Nadia Naffi, Carole Raby
Translated by Davide Scapin and Marta Casarin
AbstractA PCP approach to conflict resolution in Learning Communities.Over the past three years, we have been developing learning communities (LCs) with teachers and other school personnel. The objective of these LCs is to improve school success and student perseverance. We took a grassroots perspective to develop a pedagogical leaders LC with the purpose of generating specific LCs between schools. This involved determining priorities, identifying strengths, interests and ambitions collectively. The process generated a significant amount of tensions, especially when participants had opposite visions and perspectives. This paper describes the emergence of conflict and discusses how we used Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) to allow the constructs that underlie these tensions to emerge and turn them into engines of development for LCs.
Key words:Repertory grid test, PCP, learning communities, principals, teachers, school personnel, group work, conflict.
Interviews:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Tales of Storytelling: an interview with Giovanna Conforto
by Daniela Scaglione
Giovanna ConfortoTales of Storytelling: an interview with Giovanna ConfortoGiovanna Conforto is a world-known storyteller. She has taught, performed and consulted in Italy and abroad. Her collaborations include Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and the Global Science Opera. Currently, she teaches at the International School of Storytelling (Emerson College – UK) and at the Master on Arts Management of IED University in Rome.
Key words:: Storytelling, meaning, tales, PCP.
Experiences:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
What does taking care mean? A story about a caregivers group and an observer
by Roberta Toffano
AbstractWhat does taking care mean? A story about a caregivers group and an observerIn this article I propose a constructivist reading of my experience, that I lived as an observer, within a psychological support group aimed at people who were facing the consequences of a neurological event of one of their relatives. Very often, in these situations, people experience a sudden upheaval in their lives, with important emotional consequences. Using the narrative theme, I chose to tell the story of these people and this group.
Key words: Personal Construct Psychology, Caregiver, Group, Observer, Narrative Theme.
Book Reviews:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
“Arte di ascoltare e mondi possibili” by Marianella Sclavi
by Marcello Bandiera
Glossary:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Construals of society
by Fay Fransella
Translated by Cecilia Pagliardini e Davide Scapin
