Solving not attacking, complex problems.

Solving not attacking, Complex Problems, A five-state Approach Based on an Ancient Practice. Margret J. Wheatley and Geoff Crinean. 2004
I found this a very useful article in so many ways, with a variety of techniques that I will be able to develope into tools that I can use in many ways in the classroom. I found it interesting that we have been given an article that would function in the corporate world, as a template for teaching methods in the school enviroment. I can see its use not only in a modified way, to be used in the classroom, but it could become an underpinning strategy for dealing with other faculty members and middle managementand in an endless variety of situations.
Firstly, my understandings/ impressions of this article, were how useful it would have beeen last year when I was really struggling with a very recalcitrant group of year 11 students who didn't want me as a teacher, wouldn't do their work, wouldn't come to class, there were endless problems. I really recieved no support or back up from anyone else at the school, no programmes were written and I was really sinking. I did try my best, but nothing seemed to be working, reading this article I can see so many strategies that I could have employed to help me and help the students.
I can apply these five stages for many situations eg, when there are coflicts betwen the students themselves. Not every class starts out as a cohesive group, using the strategies presented in this article you can develope plans that will at least help you the teacher smooth the issues out and help the students to a more fullfilling educational outcome. I can see ways that these five stages can be incorporated into the way you teach the curriculm and help students not only reach the outcomes required but it helps to teach in this constructivist mode. So you are really teaching them to use their cognitive skills, you are able to put Blooms taxonomy into play and develope sound outcomes and learning for these young ones.
This is the reason I have come to this uni, I just wasn't getting the support or guidance I felt I needed to be a good teacher at the other uni that I was attending. This article is proof enough to me that I have made a good decision. I know that there are conflicts everywhere, in the classroom, student Vs student, teacher Vs student, it can happen in the staffroom, it can happen between teachers and managment. So it's eveywhere, so I am going to try and learn these of by heart and add them to my back-pack of tools for teaching.