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Freedom to Learn and Create

At Open Connections we engage in a wide variety of techniques to ensure that young people have the freedom to learn and create.

Avoidance of questions with hidden agendas.
Emphasis on Real Work versus make-work.
Reliance on experiential, hands-on learning.
Development of Process Consciousness (how a process impacts on the quality of content/output, for better or for worse).
Treatment of all people as colleagues (minus the struggles of hierarchies).
Celebration of each other's growth.
Offer of developmentally appropriate opportunities for young people to contribute to the growth of Open Connections.
Encouragement of the use of imagination and wishfulness as components of Flexible Thinking.
Emphasis on collaboration and synergy (vs. competition and negativity).
Treatment of adversity as opportunity.
Finding the resources to achieve goals.

Notes: The above descriptive information came from the organization's The OC Process page. Open Connections is located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Info

Brochure: Open Connections 2018-2019 (PDF)
Facebook: openconnectionseducation
Publication: Open Connections Magazine Spring 2018 (PDF)

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+{{toplink|url=http://www.openconnections.org|name=openconnections.org}}[[File:OpenConnections.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Campus view of Open Connections.]]<blockquote>''Freedom to Learn and Create''</blockquote>
+At '''Open Connections''' we engage in a wide variety of techniques '''to ensure that young people have the freedom to learn and create'''.
+*Avoidance of questions with hidden agendas.
+*Emphasis on Real Work versus make-work.
+*Reliance on experiential, hands-on learning.
+*Development of Process Consciousness (how a process impacts on the quality of content/output, for better or for worse).
+*Treatment of all people as colleagues (minus the struggles of hierarchies).
+*Celebration of each other's growth.
+*Offer of developmentally appropriate opportunities for young people to contribute to the growth of Open Connections.
+*Encouragement of the use of imagination and wishfulness as components of Flexible Thinking.
+*Emphasis on collaboration and synergy (vs. competition and negativity).
+*Treatment of adversity as opportunity.
+*Finding the resources to achieve goals.
+<br>''Notes:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above descriptive information came from the organization's [http://www.openconnections.org/what-we-believe/the-oc-process The OC Process] page. Open Connections is located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
+==Info==
+*Brochure:&nbsp;[http://www.openconnections.org/uploads/files/455760464707867386-1819-program-brochure-web-revb.pdf Open Connections 2018-2019] (PDF)
+*Facebook:&nbsp;[http://www.facebook.com/openconnectionseducation openconnectionseducation]
+*Publication:&nbsp;[http://www.openconnections.org/uploads/files/668168500904742111-ocmag-65-2018-e-version.pdf Open Connections Magazine Spring 2018] (PDF)
+==See Also==
+*[[Natural Creativity Center]]
+[[Category:Does-Education]]
+[[Category:Does-Unschooling]]
+[[Category:Is-Nonprofit_Organization]]
+[[Category:Is-Private_School]]
+[[Category:Is-School]]
+[[Category:Serves-Children]]
+[[Category:Serves-Children_and_Youth]]
+[[Category:Serves-Self_Directed_Learners]]
+[[Category:Serves-Youth]]
+[[Category:Where-Newtown_Square_PA]]
+[[Category:Issue-Collaboration]]
+[[Category:Issue-Synergy]]