[OSList] A Question About Safety

Royle, Karl K.Royle at wlv.ac.uk
Tue Aug 21 03:56:14 PDT 2018


Carl Rogers, in Freedom to Learn … talks about this

Rogers (1969) listed five defining elements of significant or experiential learning:

  1.  It has a quality of personal involvement – Significant learning has a quality of personal involvement in which “the whole person in both his feeling and cognitive aspects [is] in the learning event” (p. 5).
  2.  It is self-initiated – “Even when the impetus or stimulus comes from the outside, the sense of discovery, of reaching out, of grasping and comprehending, comes from within” (p. 5).
  3.  It is pervasive – Significant learning “makes a difference in the behavior, the attitudes, perhaps even the personality of the learner” (p. 5).
  4.  It is evaluated by the learner – The learner knows “whether it is meeting his need, whether it leads toward what he wants to know, whether it illuminates the dark area of ignorance he is experiencing” (p. 5).
  5.  Its essence is meaning – “When such learning takes place, the element of meaning to the learner is built into the whole experience” (p. 5).
Fits OS ??

From: OSList <oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org> on behalf of David Osborne via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
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Date: Tuesday, 21 August 2018 at 11:25
To: Bhavesh Patel <bhavmail at gmail.com>
Cc: David Osborne <dosborne at change-fusion.com>, World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
Subject: Re: [OSList] A Question About Safety


Quoting from Harrison in The Practice of Peace.

Stuart Kaufman's original work which focused on biological systems aka the emergence of life on earth describes five pre-conditions for open space, one of which is "A safe, nutrient-rich environment."   Harrison goes on to describe the equivalent for Human systems as "some kind of safety and support in the overall environment."

I interpret safety as a psychologically safe space where individuals can act and speak ( take risks, share diverse views etc.

Can it be too safe to support self-organization?

David


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On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 2:13 AM, Bhavesh Patel <bhavmail at gmail.com<mailto:bhavmail at gmail.com>> wrote:
Curious to know what you mean by 'safety'?

On 21 August 2018 at 07:49, David Osborne via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org<mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
Greetings all,

I have questions about safety related to self-organization I would love others thoughts on.

Is it possible for an environment can be too safe to support self-organization? Can safety be at such a high level that it inhibits or slows down the self-organizing process?

I'm very interested to hear others perspectives.

Best to all,

David


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