-Jim Lerman
-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com>
>Sent: May 25, 2010 9:51 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: "Emergence" - a quality of Learning Organizations
>
>Hi Bram,
>
>Some interesting ideas you are exploring here.
>
>Following in the footsteps of Peter Gow I'd say that an ideal independent
>school is a pretty good model for the type of learning organization you are
>describing.
>
>Of course, that ideal independent school exists more in theory than in
>reality, but most of us are actively trying to move toward the ideal.
>
>I think the future lies in continuing to transition away from an industrial
>model of pedagogy to what Ken Robinson calls an organic model. I wish
>Robinson would put some real effort into developing his organic model, but I
>take him to mean essentially the model that John Seely Brown develops in
>Pull.
>
>"The new institutional model will involve a complete refocusing: Rather than
>molding individuals to fit the needs of the institution, institutions will
>be shaped to provide platforms to help individuals achieve their full
>potential by connecting with others and better addressing challenging
>performance needs."
>
>Fred
>
>On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Bram Moreinis <bram@valstar.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm interested in the way online collaboration tools can support the
>> transition public school districts need to make away from the "iron cage" of
>> the bureaucratic model (as Max Weber saw it) into Peter Senge's idea of
>> Learning Organizations (always growing and changing in form as its member
>> roles change) ....but has been difficult to imagine what Learning
>> Organizations look like or have in common concretely.
>>
>> Until now.
>>
>> I appreciated Fred sharing "The Power of Pull" and have ordered it. John
>> Seeley Brown is one of my favorite education theorists. From the look of it,
>> Brown's book will address this.
>>
>> So does Alan Bain's description of "emergence" in The Self-Organizing
>> School <
>> http://www.amazon.com/Self-Organizing-School-Next-Generation-Comprehensive-Reforms/dp/1578866022>,
>> which showed up in my Google Alert for "Open Source Education".
>>
>> I've written a blog post skimming on these ideas (adding Gregory Bateson
>> and Christopher Alexander). Still theoretical but I think this is a good
>> thread to deepen into.
>> I don't know how many independent schools follow the bureaucratic model,
>> but I wanted to share this post on ISED-L and see who might wish to comment
>> further there or here:
>>
>>
>> http://empowered-teacher.com/blog/10-05-22/transition-bureaucracy-learning-organizations
>>
>> -Bram
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>--
>Fred Bartels
>Dir. of Info. Tech.
>Rye Country Day School
>
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