Schools, education and youth participation
Co-create Conditions for Learning
Make feeling respected concrete and turn it into behavioural commitments for classes or training.
- People
- 6–25
- Session time
- 240 minutes
- Format
- In person
English session plan
Original program status: draft. Source safety category: Medium; this is not a guarantee of safety.
Preparation: More preparation. Facilitation team: Four roles, including someone with facilitation experience.
What this session can decide
Agree session behaviour, support requests, and review methods. Do not change school rules, grading, or employment conditions.
Outside its scope
- Do not force self-disclosure.
- Do not assess learners' ability or personality.
- Do not create rules for publicly punishing people who breach them.
Primary caution: Do not force self-disclosure.
Before starting
- Question and scope
- Make feeling respected concrete and turn it into behavioural commitments for classes or training. Before starting, state the subject and time period in one sentence.
- What this session decides
- Agree session behaviour, support requests, and review methods. Do not change school rules, grading, or employment conditions.
- Output recipient
- The Recorder stores the final requests and responses between learners, teachers, and organisers, clarifying differences in expectations and the limits of what can be provided.
- Participation and information boundaries
- Explain the choices to pass, take a break, or leave. Keep personal information, confidential information, and attribute-based evaluation off the record surface. Assign Participant support separately.
- Operating roles
- Assign Lead facilitator, Recorder, Timekeeper, and Participant support before starting, and confirm who announces switching and stopping.
- Next review
- Set a review date, viewers, and the person responsible for the next decision on the requests and responses between learners, teachers, and organisers.
Who takes responsibility
- Lead facilitator
Keep Co-create Conditions for Learning within its purpose and exclusions, and announce the start and end of each stage.
From before the start through the end
- Recorder
Record examples of behaviour that conveys respect, commitments on behaviour, support, and repair, and requests and responses between learners, teachers, and organisers at each stage, then hand them to the recipient at the end.
From preparing record surfaces before the start through storage after the end
- Timekeeper
Notify the Lead facilitator 3 minutes before each stage ends and when switching to breaks or buffer time.
At the start of every stage and 3 minutes before its end
- Participant support
Receive requests to pass, take a break, leave, or check individually, and decide with the Lead facilitator whether resumption is possible.
From before the start through the end
Session flow
Minutes are measured from the session start. Method time, transition time, breaks and buffer are shown separately; they are not additional overlapping activities.
0–38 minutes
Collect concrete situations in which people feel respected
Method: Heard, Seen, Respected · 0–35 minutes. Transition: 35–38 minutes (3 minutes).
Invite people to offer situations in which they felt heard, acknowledged, and respected, voluntarily. Do not ask for names or sensitive experiences; extract only behaviour others can observe.
Responsible: Lead facilitator; Recorder; Participant support
Output: Examples of behaviour that conveys respect
Handoff: Pass behavioural examples to the work on session commitments.
This stage may be shortened only in accordance with the stated conditions.
38–131 minutes
Create commitments for the learning setting
Method: Social Contract · 38–128 minutes. Transition: 128–131 minutes (3 minutes).
Organise behavioural examples into What to do, What not to do, and Signals when in difficulty. Specify support when commitments cannot be kept and a date for everyone to review them.
Responsible: Lead facilitator; Recorder; Participant support
Output: Commitments on behaviour, support, and repair
Handoff: Pass mutually needed support to the stage for checking support content and scope of provision across roles.
This stage is not marked as shortenable.
141–204 minutes
Check support across roles
Method: What I Need from You · 141–201 minutes. Transition: 201–204 minutes (3 minutes).
Each role requests needed support as concrete actions. Recipients answer Can do, Can do with conditions, or Cannot do, with reasons and alternatives.
Responsible: Lead facilitator; Recorder; Participant support
Output: Requests and responses between learners, teachers, and organisers
Handoff: Share the commitments and support list with participants, teachers, and organisers.
This stage is not marked as shortenable.
What is retained and who receives it
Examples of behaviour that conveys respect
Owner: Recorder
Turn abstract principles into observable behaviour.
Commitments on behaviour, support, and repair
Owner: Recorder
Use them for checks at the start and as a reference to return to when problems arise.
Requests and responses between learners, teachers, and organisers
Owner: Recorder
Clarify differences in expectations and the limits of what can be provided.
Materials and setup
Material names, quantities, groups and handling instructions retain the fixed draft's original helper-derived guidance. Where a format is marked “Source material specification”, the entire bound English source material entry takes precedence over the old helper-derived format guidance. This format-only correction does not resolve other instruction or safety concerns. English names are not substituted into a Japanese-keyed lookup.
Everyday tools
- Dark writing implements
Quantity: 1 per group
Format: Dark broad-tip pens or whiteboard markers
Check that ink flows and place them within participants' reach. Avoid pale-coloured pens.
- Dark writing implements
Quantity: 1 per person
Format: Dark broad-tip pens or whiteboard markers
Check that ink flows and place them within participants' reach. Avoid pale-coloured pens.
- Dark writing implements
Quantity: 1 per person
Format: Dark broad-tip pens or whiteboard markers
Check that ink flows and place them within participants' reach. Avoid pale-coloured pens.
Sheets to prepare by hand
- Cards for recording conditions that created respect
Quantity: 2 per group
Format: Source material specification: Two cards per pair, A6 or larger, for recording conditions that created respect
Source-bound format display correction; the other fixed helper-derived guidance is unchanged.
Do not buy special cards; write Conditions that created respect at the top of paper pieces. If participants fill them in, put one entry on each card and handwrite the necessary headings before starting.
- Shared surface for posting conditions
Quantity: 1 per venue
Format: Large paper or a whiteboard
Write Shared surface for posting conditions at the top. Leave enough space for sticky notes or paper pieces not to overlap, and use lettering readable from a distance for whole-group sharing.
- Behaviour-proposal cards
Quantity: 6 per person
Format: Source material specification: Behaviour proposal cards: 6 per person, 75 × 75 mm
Source-bound format display correction; the other fixed helper-derived guidance is unchanged.
Do not buy special cards; write Behaviour proposal at the top of paper pieces. If participants fill them in, put one entry on each card and handwrite the necessary headings before starting.
- Shared surface for writing a clean version of revisable collaboration rules
Quantity: 1 sheet per venue
Format: Source material specification: One final-copy sheet for the social contract per venue, A1 or larger
Source-bound format display correction; the other fixed helper-derived guidance is unchanged.
Divide the work surface into 5 fields: Desired behaviour, Behaviour to avoid, Display location, Procedure for proposing changes, and Next review date. Write a heading for each field rather than relying on colour alone.
- Table recording agreement and reservations about behaviour rules
Quantity: 1 sheet per venue
Format: A4 copy paper
Divide the work surface into 5 fields: Items agreed, Items held, Reasons for holding, Next checking point, and Name (optional). Write a heading for each field rather than relying on colour alone.
- Role-specific support table
Quantity: 1 sheet per role
Format: Source material specification: Support sheets organised by role (1 per role, approximately A3)
Source-bound format display correction; the other fixed helper-derived guidance is unchanged.
Before starting, write the role name, responsibilities, and times covered. Add the person's name only after the assignment is decided.
- Request cards
Quantity: 5 per role
Format: Sticky notes about 75 × 75 mm, or A4 copy paper cut into 4 pieces
Do not buy a special product; write Request at the top of paper pieces. If participants fill them in, use one item per card and handwrite needed headings before starting.
- Request-response labels
Quantity: 1 of each response per request
Format: Sticky notes about 75 × 75 mm, or A4 copy paper cut into 4 pieces
Write Accept, Accept with conditions, and Refuse on separate pieces, preparing enough of each type. Distinguish them by written headings even when using the same colour.
Available at the venue
- Face-to-face chairs
Quantity: 1 pair for 2 people
Format: Chairs already at the venue; no new purchase needed
Place venue chairs face to face in pairs and remove the table between them. Keep routes and wheelchair turning space clear, and provide a position for participating without moving chairs. Do not place a table between the chairs.
- Wall space for sorting
Quantity: 1 surface per group of 3–6; number of surfaces is the participant count divided by 6, rounded up
Format: Source material specification: Wall areas for classification: one per group of 3–6; divide the participant count by 6 and round up for the number of areas, each at least 90 cm wide
Source-bound format display correction; the other fixed helper-derived guidance is unchanged.
Write Wall space for sorting at the top. Leave enough space for sticky notes or paper pieces not to overlap, and use lettering readable from a distance for whole-group sharing.
Setup for each method
Heard, Seen, Respected
- Arrange chairs facing one another in pairs as the standard; only when the number is odd, make one group of 3
- Leave at least 1 m between groups so their stories do not overlap audibly
Social Contract
- Island tables for groups of 3–6: divide the participant count by 6 and round up for the number of tables; group sizes differ by no more than one person
- One shared surface per venue where everyone can read the final-copy sheet; keep passageways at least 60 cm wide
What I Need from You
- Tables where participants with the same role sit together (1 table per role)
- One whole-group support matrix with rows showing requesting roles and columns showing responding roles
When to switch or stop
Fallbacks
- People show hesitation about sharing personal experiences.
Use fictional learning situations and write only desired behaviour.
Method guide: Heard, Seen, Respected
Stop conditions
- Bullying, discrimination, harassment, or a report of harm is raised.
- Stop the whole-group dialogue and move to the prescribed protection and consultation procedures.
- Grades, employment, or eligibility to participate are used to pressure people into consent.
- Stop the agreement work and check voluntariness and the boundaries of authority.
Sources, rights and limits
This site has composed this programme's purpose, connections between methods, facilitation, roles, outputs, and switching conditions. See each method's individual page for its sources and licence.
Original source records and their required notices are retained below. Their presence does not mean a new legal or cultural-safety clearance. Original citation titles are kept in their source language.
Sources and required notices for the 3 methods used
Heard, Seen, Respected
- Liberating Structures Fieldbook (2026): Heard, Seen, Respected — Henri Lipmanowicz / Keith McCandless / Nancy White — Adaptation under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes made
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Source: Liberating Structures Fieldbook (2026): Heard, Seen, Respected — Henri Lipmanowicz / Keith McCandless / Nancy White | https://www.liberatingstructures.com/heard-seen-respected | Adaptation under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes made
- Source: CC BY-SA 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- Attribution: Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless; Keith McCandless and Nancy White | Original-source author and contributor credit
- Attribution: Taiwa no Fumen Editorial Team | Japanese adaptation and this site's own diagrams
- Changes and adaptation: Adapted as a Japanese facilitation score; changes made
- ShareAlike: Provided under CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Cultural caution: open-method screening complete: No closed, ritual, or sacred cultural practice is used as a source; declining participation, sensitive information, and power differences are addressed in each method's limits and branches.
- Limits of this record: Adapted with changes as a Japanese facilitation score under CC BY-SA 4.0 and provided under the same licence. Only the current page is covered; material from June 2026 or earlier, official icons, and third-party material were excluded.
Social Contract
- Matt Takane; Tim Beattie: Social Contract — CC BY 4.0 adaptation; changes made
- CC BY 4.0
- Source: Matt Takane; Tim Beattie: Social Contract | https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/social-contract/ | Adaptation under CC BY 4.0; changes made
- Source: CC BY 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Attribution: Matt Takane; Tim Beattie | Original-source author and contributor credit
- Attribution: Taiwa no Fumen Editorial Team | Japanese adaptation and this site's own diagrams
- Changes and adaptation: Adapted as a Japanese facilitation score; changes made
- Cultural caution: open-method screening complete: No closed, ritual, or sacred cultural practice is used as a source; declining participation, sensitive information, and power differences are addressed in each method's limits and branches.
- Limits of this record: Individual contributors are credited. Text covered by CC BY 4.0 was adapted with changes into Japanese facilitation scores. Exception notices, the site logo and third-party embedded material were excluded.
What I Need from You
- Liberating Structures Fieldbook (2026): What I Need from You — Henri Lipmanowicz / Keith McCandless / Nancy White — Adaptation under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes made
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Source: Liberating Structures Fieldbook (2026): What I Need from You — Henri Lipmanowicz / Keith McCandless / Nancy White | https://www.liberatingstructures.com/what-i-need-from-you | Adaptation under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes made
- Source: CC BY-SA 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- Attribution: Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless; Keith McCandless and Nancy White | Original-source author and contributor credit
- Attribution: Taiwa no Fumen Editorial Team | Japanese adaptation and this site's own diagrams
- Changes and adaptation: Adapted as a Japanese facilitation score; changes made
- ShareAlike: Provided under CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Cultural caution: open-method screening complete: No closed, ritual, or sacred cultural practice is used as a source; declining participation, sensitive information, and power differences are addressed in each method's limits and branches.
- Limits of this record: Adapted with changes as a Japanese facilitation score under CC BY-SA 4.0 and provided under the same licence. Only the current page is covered; material from June 2026 or earlier, official icons, and third-party material were excluded.
Historical fixed-draft notes
The original fixed draft notes are retained without deletion as historical records of those fixed source versions. Current material format corrections are separately identified above; these notes do not imply that other concerns have been resolved.
- The respect-condition sourceRaw card requires A6 or larger, while its prepared display format permits approximately 75 × 75 mm notes or quartered A4. Both remain without a size correction.
- The sorting-wall sourceRaw requires at least 90 cm width and the clean social-contract sourceRaw requires A1 or larger, while their display formats only name large paper or a whiteboard. These size requirements remain in exact sourceRaw metadata, without inventing additional display instructions.
Japanese resources and historical source records
Original Japanese plan and its print view · Japanese operation pack or starter materials
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Historical recorded publication holds
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Historical fixed-source and English-draft provenance
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