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physiotherapy department, hogeschool utrecht

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task

involve teaching staff in the forthcoming developments in the education system

idea

passion and responsibility are the building blocks of educational reform

result

fifteen well-considered policy proposals, and a lively start to the year

A huge number of changes to the education system were in the pipeline again at the beginning of 2004. Create an event that will motivate teaching staff to work with them.

Meedoen met verandering is leuk als je kunt meedenken en -beslissen vanuit je eigen competenties. Laten we een workshop organiseren volgens het Open Space principe, waarbij iedereen verplicht is om te doen waar hij zin in heeft.

A two-day workshop for 70 participants. All of them decided for themselves what they would contribute. This spontaneously generated the ability of the group to direct the discussion process itself, and surprisingly high productivity. Open Space Technology is a workshop approach developed by Harrison Owen, and is particularly suitable when inspiration needs to be coupled with energetic decision-making.