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Master and Apprentices

Opening context:
Network of Learning, Self-Governing Workshops and Offices

Conflict

The fundamental learning situation is one in which a person learns by helping someone who really knows what he is doing.

Resolution

Arrange the work in every workgroup, industry, and office, in such a way that work and learning go forward hand in hand. treat every piece of work as an opportunity for learning. To this end, organise work around a tradition of masters and apprentices: and support the form of social organisation with a division of the workspace into spacial clusters — one for each master and his apprentices — where they can work and meet together.

Closing context:
Half-Private Office, Workspace Enclosures, Common Areas at the Heart, Small Work Groups, Small Meeting Rooms