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Yesterday, I was part of a small cadre that met to sketch out the general direction of a new education-based group. I\u2019m hesitant to use a phrase like \u201creading group\u201d or \u201cdiscussion group\u201d specifically because of what were hoping to do here. Like the Beyond Pedagogy group, we\u2019re looking to texts \u2013 both educational and not-so-directly-related-education \u2013 as an impetus to explore education change and paradigm shift. We\u2019re also looking to meetings that allow us to take away specific ideas and practices that can be implemented in classrooms the next day.<\/p>\n
However, what\u2019s different here is the (still being defined) form of the group. For our first \u2013 and likely our most traditional \u2013 meeting, we looked to this article by Kris Gutierrez<\/a>. Discussing her use of the Third Space, it was generally agreed that ours would be a group that acts and \u201cdialogues\u201d outside of traditional meeting group space. (“Dialogues” here is more a placeholder than a typical action within the group: dialogue on any given meeting could be hiking, singing, writing, etc.) Using the ascribed frame that Gutierrez provides, we\u2019re looking to establish a sacrosanct meeting that \u201cis a transformative space where the potential for an expanded form of learning and the development of new knowledge are heightened\u201d (page 152). This will encompass play, exploration, hiking (literally), \u201cliberation in the imaginary,\u201d<\/a> trying to fly (maybe also literally), storytelling, and projection into the future. Very new age-y I realize – bear with me – I’m not alone in thinking there are very real outcomes if this ship stays afloat.<\/p>\n