Francis Laleman

Oct 25, 2023

37 stories

Here is collection of pieces on educational theory, educational design, learning and development, teaching, learning, and facilitation - with a double focus, on both philosophical sources and practical applications.

Notes about perfectionism and the limits of meritocracy, with thoughts on parenting in a meritocratic environment
Introduction to exformation, with sample of an exformative workshop, presented at #RSD11, the 11th annual symposium of the Systemic Design Association
Challenges and opportunities with hybrid workshop facilitation. Workshop notes from Jakarta.
Reflections on Lumbung - as introduced by the arts and design collective ruangrupa (Jakarta) at documenta fifteen, Kassel 2022.
About the need for educational reform. On Paolo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed - and ways to overcome the conundrum. With thoughts from the works of Tay Khen Soon, Bruce Mau, Tony Fry, Rabindranath Tagore, and more.
On The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paolo Freire) and the need for change in our approach to education.
AIP (Absence, Ignorance, Presence) - an exformative model to create awareness, in case, awareness about the oppressive legacy in education.
Kishotenketsu and more lessons for facilitators, taken from narratology, manga, and anime.
Playful learning, with perspectives from different continents.
About the importance of education and learning.
About learning-on-the-go, and the futility of acquired knowledge and skills when circumstances change.
Reflections of the art of doubt, the unknown, and unknowability. With inspiration from Indian and Buddhist philosophy.
Francis Laleman

Francis Laleman

Book Author

a husband, father, painter, writer, educationist, designer, facilitator. author of “Resourceful Exformation” (a book on facilitation) available from Amazon.