OST with children...
Toke Paludan Møller - InterChange
toke at interchange.dk
Tue Oct 8 07:23:42 PDT 2002
Hi Winston an you other good folks exploring OST with children....
Within the last 2 months I have hosted 3 OST involving children -
which not just worked well but the intergenerational energies came
into real play. This is a way to go.....
First was a summer party in my garden with 19 grown up and 10
children - we open space and self organised everything from the
entertainment, fishing and bathing trip, playing with barbie dolls
in our fishing hut - convened by the yongest member of Celilie of 5
years, creating the fires for cooking foood to cleaning and serving
the food ...
is was effortless - and I want more of it.....
Second was with 30 puplil council members and headmasters and contact
teachers from 7 schools in the same area who were together to become
a learning network and gain understanding and creating project to
further the democratic work of the pupils councils....youngest was 3
grade.....Nikolaj.
His defenition of democracy was very simple - "it is when we all come
together to make the important decesion together".
Project are in motion from this process and they communicate on an
E-conference to share question, solutions and results.
Thirdly a OST with 190 people from the same village close to whare I
live - half of them children other half grow uppers - for one day to
explore their common understanding of what democracy is to them and
them create project to enhance / develop their village and school in
and active democratic way.
Through open space was the democratic practise - not just talk about
it and - 17 projects was been created - 4 has already taken place
most organized by children - one - to paint the school was organised
by parents who would not wait any longer for that to happen...
there was great intergration between generation - youngest person
walked her first steps that day -the oldest was 4 pensionist ladies
of above 80 years....
this day I will remember for many years.......
This is a way to go.....everyone who are stakeholders together....
if any one wants to see some photoes from this please let me know
and I wll post them seperately to you for inspiration....
my best
- toke
>I would appreciate to be reminded (senior moments increase in
>frequency) of Open Space events involving children. I recall (I
>think) Soweto, and I am (kinda) sure Chris has mentioned one or
>more....
>Winston
--
My own practise is my own learning edge, where both my student and my
teacher comes alive.
Toke Paludan Møller, InterChange, Dialogue Architects - Learning
Space hosts - by the river at Days like this, http://www.days.dk/
Gudenåvej 60, Voervadsbro, 8660 Skanderborg, Phone +45 702013 35 -
Mobile +45 2616 6919 http://www.interchange.dk Home office at the
lake - Stengaardsvej 5 A, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
Some of the work we are currently involved in:
* Open Space training, Denmark http://www.concept-for-hire.dk/ostraining
* Knowledge mentorship training, Denmark - BDOScanRevison - http://www.bdo.dk
* The Open Space Village, Castle Borl,, Slovenia http://village.borl.org
* The Kufunda Village - learning center, Zimbabwe, http://www.kufunda.org
* Obraz - an emerging leadership education in Zagreb, Croatia
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