On 6/3/02 8:49 AM, "Chris Corrigan" <ch...@chriscorrigan.com> wrote:
> Artur Ferreira da Silva wrote: > >> I think that one must understand the 3 levels to understand one of them, as >> there are similarities (and other relations) between them. >> >> The other point I concluded is that, in all three levels, to learn new >> attitudes is to transform the old "reality" (one of Harrison's texts, >> available in his site, is "Learning as Transformation"), and that implies >> to (previously or simultaneously) UNLEARN the old mental models or >> paradigms (or prejudices). >> >> So my current line of research is - how to facilitate unlearning of what >> one always took for granted? How to facilitate personal, organizational or >> social metanoia? How to prepare the new generations to continuously >> question and review their old "knowledge"? >> > > In the world of homeschooling, especially in North America there is a broad > continuum m of approaches used by families. One of these approaches, and the > kind used by our family, is "unschooling." > > The essence of unschooling is that learning takes place in exactly the kinds > of > ways NOT promoted by schooling, for example, children follow their passions, > subjects are integrated, not separated, mentors are sought and cross > generational or multiple age learning takes place, and so on. > > As I have begun to guide the learning of my children, i have discovered that > unschooling is as much about the kid as it is about the parent. When i was in > high school myself I did a lot of unschooling on my own, but as I am raising > children now, I am finding that the process of examining how they best learn > requires me to fully unschool my approach to learning. > > So this is about unlearning how we learn, in order to realize that there are > better and more effective ways of doing things than the ways we are "taught"/ > > Last week I came across this article > (http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.asp?ar=1191&L2=21&L3=37), that > deals with this same phenomenon with respect to strategic planning in > organizations. It is done the same way because people don't expect anything > else. For me. selling the concept of unlearning has nothing to do with > process, but results. You want a more effective strategic planning exercise? > OK. Just like with my kids...I am not unschooling them because i want a > different process; I am doing it because i want to raise kids that can learn > anything. > > -- > > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Consultation - Facilitation > Open Space Technology > > (604) 947-9236 > Bowen Island, BC, Canada > > http://www.chriscorrigan.com > ch...@chriscorrigan.com > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > Chris - A favourite quote comes to mind as I read your posting about unschooling: > If you want to build a ship, don't drum up "people" to gather wood, divide the > work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless > sea. > Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince Naomi -- * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html