A shaggy dog story with a tale

[Bernd Weber]

Harrison,

I was only lurking for a long time on this list.

Thank you for this link

Your link gives access to very useful knowledge indeed, especially if  
you work in Education, but as you mentioned: it is all about Open  
Space and Change Facilitation in general. It is all about "moving out  
of the way and improving the environment (coffe cups)" and it most  
certainly is about a Copernican "bummer": No teachers necessary.  
People know what they know and (can) learn what they need and want to  
learn (if they have a group and an adequate learning setting/ 
environment.  Selforganization does the job. I also "read/heard" it  
with the ear of an OD guy who works mainly in poor countries with  
people that are illiterate and often i the role of "children" in  
relation to their superiors or the development project.

If the professional community would accept this wisdom, that would  
really mean a radical change. Alas, let us remember what happened with  
Jean-Josef JACOTOT s (1770-1874) discovery, that everybody can learn  
everything without a teacher, the professional communty tried to  
ignore, then to riducule and finaly "re-interpreate" and finally  
disposed as waste of history.
These awful findings. And then, just some years ago Jaques Rancièrs  
published "The ignorant Schoolmaster" tries to reminds us of this  
historical point in history.... and again: The knowledge is ignored.  
Discussion avoided by the professional community.

To me it seems that this game is part of the "eternal fight" beween  
autonomy and heteronomy, empowerment and submission, emancipation and  
"beeing overwhelmed"

So thanks again, Harrison. This video-teaching was imediately useful  
for me. I started forwarding it to others

Bernd Weber
P.S. From a historic point of view we should put Mr. JACOTOT  on the  
list of the
I found out that you can download rancieres book (english version) at
www.mediafire.com/?mn3fjsyuond



Am 24.07.2009 um 14:07 schrieb Harrison Owen:

> A friend sent me that following URL-http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html
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> It will take you to a marvelous story which may seem to have little  
> to do with Open Space. But if you follow the tale it may lead you to  
> the realization that it is all Open Space. Settle down for a 20 min  
> journey. I think you will find it rewarding.
>
> Harrison
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