Opening space, transfer-in, small spaces

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Glory,
sorry, I have no experience with open space in the classroom or in
designing a whole semester of work at a college.
What I am wondering about, though, is the wisdom of creating "some"
open space.
If one were to have an  open space in the classroom, would you not
have to deal with such questions as "who is the sponsor" and "what is
the theme" and "how is the theme arrived at" and "who is the planning
body" and "who is the facilitator" etc.
Probably, all those questions could be answered but in working
through them it seems to me a whole bunch of transformations might
start taking place in the organisation in which the "teaching"
"accreditation", "evaluation" etc. has been taking place so far in a
pretty different mode.
Also, the questions around the 5 preconditions for an open space
(complexity, diversity, urgency, conflict, open question) would have
to be put to the sponsor/planning group. And the givens of the
situation would also be a point of discussion.
A very exciting undertaking.
I would love to hear of experiences with open space-classrooms!
Greetings from Berlin
michael



On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 07:44:04 -0400, Glory Ressler wrote:

>  Dear Judi, Michael and all,
>You have inspired me! I am ready to leap and I need a little help from
>my friends...
>
>This fall, I will again be teaching Introduction to Psychology and a
>Philosophy course called 'Smart Thinking', which takes a light
>philosophical romp through Descartes' Dualism, the rise of
>scientific/rational/critical thinking through to a more wholistic
>approach - all done whilst also offering practical 'smart thinking' tools.
>
>Both courses must be evaluated are they are college accredited. They are
>perequisites and popular.
>
>I'm interested to see how we can create some open space in the
>classroom! What might you do? (all ideas will be gratefully respected
>and considered) :-)
>
>Can't wait to hear from you!
>Best,
>glory
>
>Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
>
>>In this vain, I am very interested in ost in the classroom. That
>>would appear to me to be a natural extension of the work we do in
>>schools.
>>I always ask, when working in schools, what would happen if you
>>applied the Law of Two Feet to a classroom situation....if you
>>neither learn nor contribute you honor the class by going to a place
>>more productive for you. Usually I get a bunch of smiles.
>>Greetings from Berlin
>>michael
>>
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