Learning Principles- presented Day 1 of the TC "ImagiNATION in a changing world" www.imaginationinachangingworld.com

2. Principles for Learning
Based on “Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry” www.osdemethodology.org

3. Every individual brings to the space valid and
legitimate knowledge constructed in their own
contexts

4. All knowledge is partial and incomplete

5. All knowledge can be questioned

7. How do YOU see the world?
Where does YOUR knowledge come from?
What has shaped YOUR thinking?
What assumptions have YOU learned to make?
Why?

8. What kind of questions should we ask ourselves?
• What are the assumptions here? What are the implications?
• What are the dominant views here? Why did they become
dominant?
• What is my view on this? What has shaped my thinking?
How do I feel about my views being challenged?
• What do others think? What has shaped their thinking?
• What are my responsibilities to this? What has it got to with
me?

9. Where does our knowledge come from?
2 perspectives.

10. “Scientific knowledge is objective and neutral.
Everything can be known and tested
scientifically to produce a universal truth that
is complete in itself and universal (something
that anyone could see in the same way).
Progress and development can be achieved
through the use of science and technology to
control the natural environment in order to
build the perfect society.”

11. “What we observe (even through scientific
experiments) depends on the interpretation of
the person who ‘sees’ it. Like a pair of glasses
we wear, each of us has different lenses to look
through at the world. These lenses determine what
we see as real, ideal, true, good and bad. These lenses
are constructed in our contexts - produced
collectively in social interactions and they are
always changing. Therefore, knowledge is never
objective - there is no possibility of complete
‘neutrality’.”

12. How has your worldview been formed?
How has this formed your understanding of
development?
SYNTHESISE
What does your group share in terms of your
understanding of development?