Giving the spirit back to democracy:

Co-creating an appreciative classroom.

Program:

-Getting to know each other;

-Best experiences in learning;

-The positivist and the social constructionist paradigms;

-Images of the best possible classroom for professionals;

-Designing the classroom.

Interviews.

Tell me a story about a time that you learned something that really changed your life...

-What happened? Who were involved?

-What was your contribution?

-What conditions were important?

-What is the essence of this story?

Paradigms

Positivist Social constructionist-There is objective knowledge -Words create worlds

-Learning = observable -Learning = making meaning in

change in behavior, based on interactions;

an ideal picture;

-There is a clear objective; -Learning is an interaction process

without preconceived goals;

-Learning = receiving infor- -Learning = inquiry, figuring out what’s

mation; important for us;

-I will teach you.... -I will help you learn....