Week 1 - Fitzpatrick - Mobius Stripe in the Classroom
The video watched in week 1 was a visual concept, using a Mobius strip, that broke down the idea that each person has an inner life – values beliefs, and convictions – and an outer life – the image, impact, and influence we have in the world, and the importance of engaging our inner-self with the outer world, and internalizing what we learn from the experience to “co-create reality” (5:02). We also are asked to think about how we can be aware of this, and use it to make “life-giving”, or positive, choices. Although short, the video was very thought-provoking and reminded me of the biopsychosocial model learned about in chapter 1 of this week’s reading. Much like the video uses metaphors such as inner-life and outer-life, biopsychosocial interactions are defined as biological, psychological (inner), and social-emotional (outer) forces that affect development (13). One significant concept that both the video and above interactions share is the understanding that to be eff...