Using OS in classroom (and community)

Homegrown Wisdom wendyj at supercity.ns.ca
Tue Jul 30 17:11:35 PDT 2002


Hi again Julie and all,

You're on a roll, Julie! The idea of your class becoming the OS sponsor has
a lot of energy...go for it and tell us how it goes...

wendy & fredr'c

----- Original Message -----
From: Julie Smith <jsmith at mosquitonet.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Using OS in classroom (and community)


> > Julie: It might be interesting to get someone else to open the space
> for
> > your class to allow you to participate, like anyone else. You could
> > initiate a discussion about this knowledge that you think you should
> > share...It would be very interesting to see what would happen. Will
> > everyone come to your group? Will some come to hear you and then tell
> > others -- teaching each other? Will no one come to your group? WOW!
> The   > possibilities are endless. I'd like to be there just to see what
> happens!
>
> Double WOW!  Great idea, wendy and fredr'c!  And how 'bout this:  the
> "someone else" opening space could be other members of the class.
> Taking turns opening space would allow all of us the opportunity to
> participate in both roles: as facilitator and as participant.  The
> mostly silent listening/space holding aspect of the facilitator role is
> a nice fit with the mediator role, so whatever role a person landed in
> on a particular day would be full of opportunities to learn and grow.  I
> also like how this idea honors the importance of the role of mostly
> silent space holder while giving everyone an opportunity to also engage
> in the active participant role.
>
> Hmmmmmm....... so simple!  I like it.
>
> Back to brass tacks.  My job is help students learn how to mediate.  I
> can play with that a bit, though..... the theme could be lots of things
> broader and potentially more interesting than merely mediation..... what
> if I asked the class to take on the role of sponsor for the OST?  We
> could talk about what OST is and how it works, and see if they want to
> run the class in OST. If yes, they could define the theme, design the
> invitations, think about space and other things (timeline? food?), and
> decide who to send invitations to (now THAT'S interesting, isn't it?
> Who might they invite and for what reason?) AND.... one of the givens
> could be that students learn how to mediate.  Let them figure out how to
> make happen what they want to happen, given the givens.
>
> If all goes well, we'll all have experienced not just one but two peace
> practices: OST and mediation.  What an amazing set of tools to have
> access to at the ripe young age of high school students.
>
> Julie
>
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