Abstract
This paper provides an introduction to Open Space Technology (OST) and its key principles, and encourages the consideration of OST as a potential method for consulting with students and staff on important issues or questions where there is diversity and conflict and where there appears to be no clear solution. The paper also provides an example of OST in use, briefly outlining how the method was used for initial exploratory data collection as part of a 4 stage PhD research project examining the identities of practitioners (teachers, trainers, tutors, instructors, facilitators etc.) within the Irish Further Education and Training (FET) sector, and the impact of recent (post 2013) sectoral changes on these identities.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Title of host publication | book of proceedings - Waterford Teachers’ Centre, Kilkenny Education Centre and Co. Wexford Education Centres’ Annual Research Conference (Oct. 2016) - The Visionary Practitioner: Learning from the Research |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |