The staff of the Institute for Experiential
Education has developed a series of books and Chiji-brand processing
tools specifically designed to help experiential educators improve
their facilitation skills. Each product, field tested for at least
two years, serves a specific role in an educator's spectrum of
processing methods and techniques. The current line of products
include Chiji Processing Cards, Chiji Pocket Processor, Chiji
Processing Dice, Chiji 3-Pack, The Leader Who is Hardly Known, , and
the Chiji t-shirt.
Chiji Processing Cards
The original IEE product, Chiji Processing Cards are
becoming a standard in the experiential education field. Not simply
pretty pictures on a deck of playing cards, they are a valuable
educational tool for all experiential educators who recognize
processing (or debriefing) as the most challenging part of quality
facilitation. Spread out among a group of people, the cards are
forty-eight images that assist participants in creating their own
metaphors. Over 5,000 decks have been sold to counselors, ropes
course facilitators, classroom teachers, therapeutic recreation
specialists, adventure programmers, camp counselors, and corporate
trainers.
The second in the line of Chiji processing tools, the
Chiji Pocket Processor uses the Chinese concept of the yin and the
yang to teach that most issues do not get addressed with an
either/or solution. For example, effective leaders sometimes assume
responsibility and sometimes delegate responsibility. Boundaries
sometimes provide structure and sometimes create barriers. Fifty
different cards, each representing “two sides of the same coin.”
Four 2”x2”x2” dice make up this innovative
processing tool. The control die determines which person in the
group answers the question. The other three dice, used one at a
time, bring a group through the progression of 1) what just
happened, 2) how do we feel about it, and 3) how might we use this
lesson in the future. Each set comes with four dice, instruction
booklet, and storage bag. Also included are twenty-four adhesive
blank circles that allow facilitators to customize their own set of
dice.
Save a total of $5.90 by ordering the Chiji 3-Pack. This collection of processing tools includes Chiji
Processing Cards, the Chiji Pocket Processor, and Chiji Processing
Dice all for the price of $55.95.
The Leader
Who is Hardly Known:
Self-less Teaching in the Chinese
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by Steven Simpson
Written by IEE team
member Steven Simpson, Ph.D., The Leader Who is Hardly Known applies
the philosophy of the Tao to experiential education. According to
Dan Creely, this book “dips into the ancient wisdom of the Tao and
applies its principles of humility, tolerance, and leadership with a
harmonized integrity we sorely need in the chaos of today’s world.”
Trade paperback; 200 pp.
The Processing Pinnacle:
An Educator's Guide to Better Processing
by Steven Simpson,
Dan Miller, and Buzz Bocher
Written by all three IEE team
members, The Processing Pinnacle offers a step-by-step
approach to improved processing - the reflective component
of an educational activity. Steven, Dan, and Buzz
discuss why processing is difficult, present a theoretic
model for effective processing, and provide several
techniques for broadening a facilitator’s processing
repertoire. Trade paperback; 206 pp.
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