Hi again Julie and all, You're on a roll, Julie! The idea of your class becoming the OS sponsor has a lot of energy...go for it and tell us how it goes...
wendy & fredr'c ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie Smith <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:31 PM Subject: Re: Using OS in classroom (and community) > > Julie: It might be interesting to get someone else to open the space > for > > your class to allow you to participate, like anyone else. You could > > initiate a discussion about this knowledge that you think you should > > share...It would be very interesting to see what would happen. Will > > everyone come to your group? Will some come to hear you and then tell > > others -- teaching each other? Will no one come to your group? WOW! > The > possibilities are endless. I'd like to be there just to see what > happens! > > Double WOW! Great idea, wendy and fredr'c! And how 'bout this: the > "someone else" opening space could be other members of the class. > Taking turns opening space would allow all of us the opportunity to > participate in both roles: as facilitator and as participant. The > mostly silent listening/space holding aspect of the facilitator role is > a nice fit with the mediator role, so whatever role a person landed in > on a particular day would be full of opportunities to learn and grow. I > also like how this idea honors the importance of the role of mostly > silent space holder while giving everyone an opportunity to also engage > in the active participant role. > > Hmmmmmm....... so simple! I like it. > > Back to brass tacks. My job is help students learn how to mediate. I > can play with that a bit, though..... the theme could be lots of things > broader and potentially more interesting than merely mediation..... what > if I asked the class to take on the role of sponsor for the OST? We > could talk about what OST is and how it works, and see if they want to > run the class in OST. If yes, they could define the theme, design the > invitations, think about space and other things (timeline? food?), and > decide who to send invitations to (now THAT'S interesting, isn't it? > Who might they invite and for what reason?) AND.... one of the givens > could be that students learn how to mediate. Let them figure out how to > make happen what they want to happen, given the givens. > > If all goes well, we'll all have experienced not just one but two peace > practices: OST and mediation. What an amazing set of tools to have > access to at the ripe young age of high school students. > > Julie > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
