Session 4 - The Blue and Orange Card Metaphor
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Purkey saw that the '5 Ps' in people's lives either invite or disinvite them to engage in striving toward their human potential.
The activities in this section get you thinking about the various 'Ps' in your life and how they are either blue or orange - inviting or disinviting.
Activity 4.1 - Sunshine & Smog
Purkey chooses blue as the inviting colour from the analogy of a blue sky, and orange as the disinviting colour from the analogy of an orange smog-filled sky.
- When a place, policy, programme, process or person evokes a positive feeling from a client, colleague or student that person is said to be ‘invited’ or given a blue card.
- When a place, policy, programme, process or person evokes a negative feeling from a client, colleague or student that person is said to be ‘disinvited’ or given an orange card.
Click on the icon to read an article about the blue and orange cards metaphor. Then click here to see a graphical summary of the metaphor.
The activities in this session will get you thinking about what things in your students'/clients'/colleagues' lives are blue or orange cards.
The table below shows some examples of blue/orange card statements.
