Vertical-unity—Relationship between the 4Rs and Probe-Connect-Create Change-Reflect

Continuing a series of posts on the development of the Collaborative for Exploration of Scientific and Political Change within the framework of Ben Schwendener’s Seminar on Creativity.  One of Ben’s requirements is to write a bio for the person behind the creative project.

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7 June ’11
New start to Bio
I am a teacher—better, a facilitator of learning—who believes that everything is always already unruly complexity. Everything and everybody—myself, other learners, the situations we study, the social circumstances we work in, and the initiatives we get involved in to try to change those circumstances and the situatedness we inquire into.

What do I mean by unruly complexity? At a very abstract level the term refers to situations that involve heterogeneous components, that develop over time, and that are embedded in wider dynamics. In order to learn…

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7 June ’11
Relationship between the 4Rs and Probe-Connect-Create Change-Reflect.

Probe	using tools & processes
Connect	ideas; people
Create change	in understandings; in situations
Reflect

Respect	private universes each of us have; diverse others
Risk	depart from predefined understandings & practice
Revelation	seeing our own work in new ways; understanding in ways that are our own
Re-engage	each of us with ourself (=Makiguchi’s happiness learning in the now); collaborations; flexible engagement

	Respect	Risk	Revelation	Re-engagement
Probe		x
Connect	x			x
Create change		x	x	x
Reflect	x		x	x

(Note: x’s denote more obvious parallels, but the chart cannot capture the dynamics, e.g., Respect makes it possible to connect with others in ways that make it easier to take risks…)