Purpose-Driven Learning || Mariëtte Huizinga

In this episode of The (Re)generative Education Podcast I chat with Mariëtte Huizinga, (co-)founder of one.why and guest lecturer at Avans University of Applied Sciences. She is passionate about making a change, about facilitating learning experiences that allow for impact in local regions. She does this primarily in Latin America together with regions to show them the power of entrepreneurial spirits in learning. She sees the entire world as a classroom that can be playfully engaged with to create change, and that by reflecting on this change we can learn. This asks for seeing the extraordinary in the mundane, to slow down and appreciate the beauty that is all around us. But this also requires scaffolding to provide structure and comfort. In this episode we dive deep into her experience with learning experiences around eco-tourism in Brazil.  

In this discussion the following systemic barriers and opportunities emerged:  

1. The importance of seeing learning everywhere, engaging with the whole world as classroom.  
2. The importance of being willing and able to question even the fundamental assumptions of higher educational systems. 
3. The realization that the higher educational system is just a possible solution and not a fixed reality.
4. The power of diversity in finding sustainable solutions for difficult challenges.  
5. No one can be an expert in the future, but working together with a variety of perspectives can cause rethinking of mental models.  
6. The importance of small interventions to create impact.  
7. The power of slowing down and making change in your immediate ecology as rich places of learning and meaning-making.  
8. Education as something that allows people to do important work.  
9. The use of design processes to engage with regional complex challenges.  
10. The importance of equality in learning spaces and the role of the facilitator in ensuring this.  

External Links: 

From profit to purpose | ONE.WHY | Let's plant the future | The Netherlands (onewhy.org)  

www.findthewhy.nl 

Mariëtte Huizinga | LinkedIn