Hi, Ahang, At 01:18 PM 12/11/2003 -0500, you quoted:
>>He [Peter Khan] clearly dispelled the myth that the changes that the Five Year Plan >>had brought represented principles that did not previously exist in the Faith. To >>the contrary Dr Khan illustrated how the process of clustering, for example, >>emulated the approach launched by the Guardian in the Ten Year Crusade. He also >>explained how cluster reflection meetings are another manifestation of Baha�u�llah�s >>ordinance that we ?bring ourselves to account each day�.<< He may be correct, but the concepts themselves did not originate with the Baha'i world community or from the Baha'i World Centre. The following is from a position announcement: "coordinate and facilitate tutor reflection meetings" "work with local libraries, bookstores, teachers and community agencies to organize one service- learning project per quarter develop and implement and assess a campus Awareness Campaign facilitate presentations serve as a liaison between community agencies and participate in local National Service Clusters" http://csf.colorado.edu/forums/service-learning/sep97/0002.html These quotations come from Mannum High School (Australia): "Special arrangements: Member of Lower Murray Cluster of Schools, one of the Enterprise Education Clusters. The school is currently involved in a review of schooling structures with Mannum Kindergarten and Mannum Primary School. Formation of a single community school is an option." "Performance Management: Each staff member negotiates a line manager and meets with that person at least once a term for performance reflection meetings. These record the staff member's achievements, goals and concerns. Each staff member receives verbal and written feedback. Each staff member is expected to actively contribute to the achievement of the school goals and this is monitored through the performance reflection process." http://schoolandbeyond.net/mannumhs/mhs_sascs.htm The below is from Lexington Middle School (South Carolina): "The three-day training was led by the program's co-designer and reinforced during the implementation process with newly designed lesson plans an reflection meetings for those teachers involved. There are key elements common to all lessons with a common vocabulary for addressing the learning process." "Information about career clusters, the tech-prep program, school-to-work transition and SCOIS were presented through handouts, overhead transparencies, and videos." http://www.lexington1.net/lms/lmsgoals.htm Clustering and reflection meetings are established techniques in business and education. At the college where I work, they are frequently used in connection with service learning (the incorporation of volunteer community service into course requirements). >>1. Governance >>People the world over have become unresponsive and even alienated from their >>respective governments. They are literally taking to the streets to overturn >>governments.<< In rare instances. Mark A. Foster * http://MarkFoster.net http://CompuServe.m.foster.name ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
