What is an emergence? LO20263

AM de Lange (amdelange@gold.up.ac.za)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:37:36 +0200

Replying to LO20237 --

Dear Organlearners,

June Main <jmain@junix.ju.edu> writes:

>So . . . do we need to be the baker who supplies all of the
>"necessary" ingredients, the process, and the product to be
>followed step by step? Personally, I believe all that happens
>is not made by humans. That when we are open to the flow
>coming from within the group and from wherever we get
>our inspiration, many times the Creator, very appropriate and
>wonderfully creative designs for learning emerge . . . designs
>for scaffolding students to become self-directed learners . . .
>our goal.

Greetings June,

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us. It has been a
refreshing experience. I am looking forward to your next contribution.

Yes, more than humans are involved in human emergences. Where will
draw the boundaries of the "whole" when wholeness is essential to
emergences?

Each human plays the decisive role in his/her emergences. For example,
you have used the phrase "when we are open to the flow coming from
within the group". It is the proragative of the self-organising system
to decided whether the system will open up or not. In other words,
each of us will have to decide if "openness" is essential to to
emergences or not.

Best wishes

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