self organized learning

[Christine Whitney Sanchez]

David, back in the late 70's I led a pilot program for the Scottsdale  
Girls Club called "Self Structure".  The girls met at the beginning of  
each session to plan their own program for the two weeks.  We expected  
the high school girls to enjoy this but what about the 6 year olds?   
By the end of the summer, you should have seen how quickly those  
little girls could create their own program.

One of my favorite creations was from a group of middle school girls  
who decided they wanted to go to learn proper manners so that they  
could all go to a fancy restaurant at the end of the two weeks.  When  
they discovered this would use up their entire budget, they ask some  
of the board members to volunteer to give them "Lady Training" so that  
they would be prepared.  The board members were blown away because  
they had offered "Etiquette" as one of the structured offerings but  
could never fill that program.

The girls learned all about how to dress, how to order, which forks to  
use, what to do with their elbows.  At the restaurant, you might have  
thought they were royalty given their propriety and grace.  What gave  
them away was that they spent an inordinate amount of time in the very  
fancy bathrooms, using all the lotions and potions.

I hope you'll let us know how it goes in the "Self Structured Virtual  
Leadership Development".

Warm wishes from 106 degrees in Phoenix,

Christine

Christine Whitney Sanchez
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On Sep 24, 2010, at 1:57 PM, David Osborne wrote:

> It makes me very curious about other forms of experimentation. For  
> example,
> I'm about to start a series of virtual leadership development  
> programs in a
> peer group. Maybe I should have them define the curriculum and teach  
> each
> other ???
>
> David
> dosborne at change-fusion.com
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> 703.939.1777
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> On 9/24/10 4:52 PM, "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Danilo -- It is amazing, but right in line with multiple  
>> experiences I (and
>> I know others) have had in Open Space. The beauty is the elegant  
>> simplicity
>> of the experiment -- and the results. Definitely outside the box  
>> and I hope
>> it will become a challenge to all of us to venture outside in similar
>> fashion.
>>
>> Harrison
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>> Harrison Owen
>> 7808 River Falls Dr.
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>> Kozoderc
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>> I believe in self organized systems, but this self organized  
>> learning is
>> really amazing for me.
>>
>> Nice regards.
>>
>> Danilo
>>
>> Pat Black pravi:
>>> Here is a link to a TED talks video that describes open space
>>> learning.  It is pretty fascinating.
>>> Pat Black
>>> http://www.ted.com/talks/ 
>>> sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html
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