The impact of reflecting team – selected data from Norwegian projects
The impact of reflecting team – selected data from Norwegian projects

Author(s): Dag Sørmo
Subject(s): Education, School education, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Norway; education; reflecting team; Norwegian projects; selected data;
Summary/Abstract: Reflecting team has its origins in therapy. When Tom Andersen (2007) launched this conversation form, it was partly motivated by the experience he had in his meetings with sick people. Andersen often felt that it was difficult to be of help to many of his patients. This made him more curious about the relationship between the life they told about and what experiences they related to their anxiety, depression and other mental disorders (Andersen 2007). In the beginning, he was not interested in measuring the impact of the conversation form he applied, but he experienced something new in the meetings around these talks. Andersen writes that he sees changes or differences – as he chooses to call them, with reference to what Bateson (1972) describes as “a difference that makes a difference.” The differences in Andersen‘s work with reflecting teams has significance for the individual‘s encounter with Andersen. He does not give a summary of one general effect. A difference that makes a difference means a change, in the therapy through a change in your life.

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