Wick van der Vaart Workshop presented at the #2012waic conference - Ghent, Belgium

1. Giving the spirit back to
democracy:
Co-creating an appreciative
classroom.

2. 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.

3. 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?

4. 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....