Nordic Integral Education

(THIS SITE IS NOW TRANSFERRING TO http://nordicintegral.thoughtlead.com/ )In these podcasts I inquire into the moral, ethical, philosophical and spiritual context fundamental to leadership in education today and tomorrow - from preschool and up - highlighting case studies from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, USA, Canada, Australia and UK. These calls are inspired by the model IT'S YOUR CHOICE! Important themes on the podcasts and Tuesday Conference Calls on Education are: What does it mean to be a teacher/leader in our time in history? What role can education play as a vehicle for catalyzing development at the level of consciousness and culture both in and outside of a classroom? What does the expression of higher and deeper values and expressions of inclusiveness, meaning and purpose look like between teachers and students? THIS SITE IS NOW TRANSFERRING TO http://nordicintegral.thoughtlead.com/

Sunday, Jun 17, 2007

A practical example of transcending “Green”: Exercising my capacity to judge and take immediate responsibility for my behaviour

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In this episode Mats Edin describes a dramatic example of how to transcend the “don’t judge!,” every perspective is equal, unhealthy “Green” swamp. He uses the models “It’s your choice!”, the three step-model, together with a simple developmental scale. He goes against “Green” Swedish pedagogy and has students judge their own and each others behaviour. The result is nothing less than rapid and dramatic transformation out of a very troubled situation.

“I asked twenty four thirteen year old kids to give a number on a scale between one and ten as to how much they contributed to the emotional and psychological climate in the class. Ten means ‘I take full responsibility for the whole class and I’m doing everything I can and even more.’ One means ‘I am totally destroying everything all the time, trying to sabotage.’”

“This is the next level. My goal here was to point out, confront and have students map them selves on a development map. Because when you do that you can move forward.”

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