spaces for learning

Parker J. Palmer argues that six tensions that need to be built into learning spaces. The space should:

• be bounded and open.

• be hospitable and “charged”.

• invite the voice of the individual and of the group.

• honour the “little” stories of those involved and the “big” stories of the disciplines and tradition.

• support solitude and surround it with the resources of community.

• welcome both silence and speech. (Palmer 1998 pages 73 – 77)

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