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<div>Thomas</div>
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<div>We facilitated three events with 158 parents and teachers in
Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh for the Scottish Government's
Department of Education during 2003. The theme was "how can
parents and teachers work together to help children learn best?"
There were 41 break out sessions and 126 proposed actions with 23
priorities. </div>
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<div>Official reports on these events and five additional events with
406 more people (272 pupils from primary and secondary schools, 41
student teachers and 93 teachers) can be found on the OSLIST's
dedicated wiki wiki site on education as follows:
http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceinEducation</div
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<div>The point to be made here is that almost all the priorities
did<b> NOT</b> involve new resources, but rather focused on doing
things differently to produce better outcomes. </div>
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<div>Many pubic sector managers are paranoid that the public will
demand more money and, therefore, avoid involving them as
stakeholders. However, our experience indicates that the public
already knows that resources are limited but they still have clear and
positive ideas how resources might be better used. </div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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<div>Kerry</div>
<div>Open Futures</div>
<div>Edinburgh</div>
<div>www.openfutures.com</div>
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