Primary Education

We have started a piloting process for OSDE units for primary education (age 7 to 11). This process is coordinated by the Humanities Education Centre (UK) in partnership with CSSGJ and DICE. If you would like to take part in this process, please contact 

Sophie Mackay at 
Sophie.Mackay@
towerhamlets.gov.uk or  

Vanessa Andreotti at
Vanessa.Andreotti@
canterbury.ac.nz.

The principles / agreements for primary enquiry are that:

1. we are all different
2. we all have different thoughts
3. our thoughts come from our experiences of the world (things we have seen, heard, felt, tasted or smelled)

The procedures for the enquiry are as follows:

1. LISTEN to a STORY 
2. TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
3. EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
4. TALK ABOUT what we have
   LEARNERD FROM EACH OTHER

Units under development (power point available for piloting)

Right click on the presentations below and choose 'save target as' to save them in your computer.

Akbar's Research on Learning Spaces (exploring different perceptions of learning and education)

The Owl's Choice (exploring ideas of freedom and domestication)

The Two Explorers  (exploring ideas of knowledge and knowing)

Geckos and Dinossaurs (exploring ideas of self-interest, growth and sustainability)

The Elephant Story (exploring different perceptions of reality)

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Moderation:

The moderation of an open space is based on the concept of critical literacy. The aim of this kind of moderation is to take people away from consensus and leave the questions open (with multiple possibilities of answers). These are the key questions that should underlie moderation:

1. Where is this perspective coming from?
   (How did you come to think like that?)
2. Where is this perpective leading to?
   (What are the implications of this idea?)
3. How could this issue be thought otherwise?
   (What are other ways of thinking about this?)
4. Who decides what is good/bad, real/ideal?
   (What groups shape this understanding of the issue?)
5. In whose name is this decision made?
   (Who do these groups claim to represent? Is this representation fair?)
6. Who benefits from this decision and who does not?
   (What are the gains and losses for different groups of people, the environment, power relations, etc.?)

We strongly reccommend you watch the videos: Open Spaces and Critical Literacy and go through the OSDE Professional Development Resource Pack before you pilot the activities