thank you, everyone, for your inspiring stories! makes me think that OS ought to be taught to pre-service school teachers - perhaps once all-children-left-behind is behind us
----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Heft <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:16:33 -0800 Subject: Re: planting seeds > > > Hi, Patricia - > > > > You wrote: > > < "Has anyone used Open Space with school-age children or youth? seems like > they would get the process quickly!"> > > > > I have done OS with young people - the most dramatic one was for 850 youth > from ages 14 to 18 - the theme was inspired by Gandhi's "Be the change you > want to see in the world". > > > > Numbers don't always measure everything, but just to give you an idea of the > energy - in 20 minutes they posted 225 sessions on the Agenda Wall. > > > > Topics ranged from "Child Soldiers", "Guns in Homes", "Death Penalty - Right > or Wrong?" and "How Modern Language Can Lead to Dispute" to "Who Will Pay > for AIDS", "US Intervention in Foreign Countries", "Race and Culture" and > "Can An Artist Change the World?". > > > > You can read about it in the archives under "My Most Difficult Open Space > Ever" (the difficulty was not because I got to work with fabulous young > people - it was more the physical space and the challenging client). > > > > It is also great for when you are combining youth and adults at a > conference, meeting or forum. "Levels the playing field" as the young > leaders convene discussions and teach wisdom just as much as the oldsters. > > > > Lisa > > ___________________________ > > L i s a H e f t > > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > > O p e n i n g S p a c e > > [email protected] > > www.openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net/> > > > > > > > > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist "Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world - indeed, it's the only thing that can." - Margaret Mead -- This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
