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<div>Hi Winston an you other good folks exploring OST with
children....</div>
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<div>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.....</div>
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<div>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 ...</div>
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<div>is was effortless - and I want more of it.....</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>His defenition of democracy was very simple - "it is when we
all come together to make the important decesion together".</div>
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<div>Project are in motion from this process and they communicate on
an E-conference to share question, solutions and results.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
<div>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...</div>
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<div>there was great intergration between generation - youngest person
walked her first steps that day -the oldest was 4 pensionist ladies of
above 80 years....</div>
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<div>this day I will remember for many years.......</div>
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<div>This is a way to go.....everyone who are stakeholders
together....</div>
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<div>if any one wants to see some photoes from this please let
me know and I wll post them seperately to you for
inspiration....</div>
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<div>my best</div>
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<div>- toke</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">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
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size="-1">Winston</font></blockquote>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#000000">My own practise is my own
learning edge, where both my student and my teacher comes
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<div><font size="-1" color="#000000">Toke Paludan Møller,<b>
InterChange</b>,<b> Dialogue Architects - Learning Space hosts -</b>
by the river at<b> Days like this,</b> http://www.days.dk/
Gudenåvej 60, Voervadsbro, 8660 Skanderborg, Phone +45 702013
35 - Mobile +45 2616 6919 <u>
http://www.interchange.dk</u> Home office at the lake -
Stengaardsvej 5 A, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark<br>
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<u>Some of the work we are currently involved
in:</u></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000">* Open Space training,
Denmark <u>
http://www.concept-for-hire.dk/ostraining</u> <br>
* Knowledge mentorship training, Denmark - BDOScanRevison -<u>
http://www.bdo.dk</u><br>
* The Open Space Village, Castle Borl,, Slovenia<u>
http://village.borl.org<br>
</u>* The Kufunda Village - learning center, Zimbabwe,<u>
http://www.kufunda.org</u><br>
* Obraz - an emerging leadership education in Zagreb,
Croatia</font></div>
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