Practical Model for Grassroots Design of Educational Systems in Rural Canada
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Although the innocence of earlier times is undeniably unrecoverable, we need still to salvage our small communities, to create vital exciting places for people, young and old, to nourish and sustain growth. Current literature points to the need for community involvement, for the participation of people that will create the future of the community. There have been, however, few practical suggestions about how this involvement is to manifest itself, how a popultation that has had its decision-making power preempted by centralized bodies can recover some control over its future. This article will introduce a grassroots decision-making model, the stages of a methodology that will complement a community process of empowerment. Under the umbrella of systems design, that methodology combines various techniques of a process called "interactive management" with the study circle concept and focus group dialouge. Interactive management has been used successfully in larger groups facing crisis situations; its juxtaposition with study circle and focus group discourse will broaden its use so that its benefits can be realized on a continuous basis as a decision-making tool for communities in dialogue on a variety of issues. The philosophical underpinnings of systmes design will be addressed first; each of the supporting decision techniques will be explained in turn and juxtaposed to illustrate their relationship within the model.
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