1. Book 4&5 Element 3
  2. "There is nothing quite so practical as a theory" - Kurt Lewin.
  3. Learning/Unlearning
  4. Engaged Models
  5. Action Learning
    1. Think, question & Listens:
    2. What's going well?
    3. What's challenging?
    4. Long-term vision/goals
    5. Next achievable steps?
    6. Social collaborative/flexible intelligence
    7. Dissolve individualism
    8. Empowerment
    9. Reduces hierarchy/reliance on experts
    10. Increase eco social world change community
    11. Ask:'how could I get more fluent at that' and 'what gets in the way"?
  6. Other action based approaches
    1. Action Research
    2. Participatory Action Research
    3. Praxis Intervention
    4. Action Inquiry
  7. Kolb model for experiential learning
    1. Activist
    2. Reflector
    3. Pragmatist
    4. Theorist
    5. Infinite capacity to develop skills in all modalities.
  8. Kolb Hooks
    1. CE: Concrete Experience-Doing
    2. RO:Reflective Observation-Doing&critique
    3. AC:Abstract Conceptualization-Abstract ideas into solid use
    4. AE:Active Experimentation-Try idea out
  9. Theory U framework
    1. Downloading-past patterns
    2. Suspending
    3. Seeing-with fresh eyes
    4. Sensing-from the feild
    5. Letting go
    6. Presencing-connecting to source
    7. Letting come
    8. Crystalizing- vision & intention
  10. Own Un/learning transition
    1. Cognitive dissonance
    2. Strong feelings
    3. Support systems needed
    4. Conscious
    5. Unconscious
    6. Double loop (Investigate)
    7. Re-Evaluation counseling (Investigate/find local group)
    8. Theory U (Try it out)
  11. Eco-Social Un/learning
    1. Seeing/clearing off the Patrix
    2. Politically neutral and easy to co-opt
    3. Applied permaculture ethics
    4. Liberation from oppression (as receiver/giver)
    5. Transformative learning
    6. Espoused theory/theory in action
    7. Theory U
  12. Me
    1. Articulate my models/process of unlearning
    2. Sense emergence
    3. My Ethics
  13. Using Gaia U books
    1. Revisit
    2. Test for validity&plausibility
    3. Shed?
    4. Useful?
    5. Invalid & still useful (Miasma?)
    6. Exercise useful yeild of incorrect theory
  14. Theory U
    1. Process of Transition
    2. Articulate model/theories of learning
    3. Compare & Contrast
    4. Inner transition>Outer transition
  15. Gaia U Pedagogy
    1. Create new culture & shared language
    2. Congruent with Permaculture ethics
    3. Congruent in educational field/Show legitimacy
    4. Theory/Action- highly congruent
    5. Basis of complex, adaptive and potent ecosystem
    6. Refresh, add, & shed