The Living Classroom
with Chris Bache
A Public Lecture and Workshop
Sponsored by the Chicago Community Group of the Institute of Noetic Sciences

February 27 & 28, 2009
“For reasons we don’t yet understand,
the tendency to synchronize
is one of the most pervasive drives in the universe.”
Steven Strogatz, Sync


CHI-IONS presents Chris Bache, award-winning teacher, author and an educator for the 21st Century. He has contributed important, pioneering work to our understanding of the subtle collective dynamics that develop in classrooms and other intentional groups. His book, The Living Classroom, published in 2008, is the result of this pioneering work.

Bache combines scientific research with personal accounts collected over thirty years to examine subtle influences or cognitive resonances that spring up between teachers and students in the classroom. These subtle influences are often overlooked by traditional academics, but occur too frequently to be dismissed as mere coincidence. He then explores the emergence of fields of consciousness and the importance of field theory to education.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7-9 PM PUBLIC LECTURE
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1-5 PM WORKSHOP $35-
At the Friday evening talk, Chris will tell the story behind The Living Classroom and describe episodes of synchronicity in the classroom. Admission is free. His Saturday afternoon workshop will focus on practical strategies educators and group facilitators can use to work with fields of consciousness in their classrooms and with other intentional groups. The cost of the workshop is $35. (Cash or personal check accepted.)
LOCATION, REGISTRATION AND CPDUs
• Unity in Chicago, 1925 W. Thome Avenue, Chicago (1 block S of Devon Ave., and 1 block W of Ridge Ave., on Chicago's north side). Free parking in the rear and public transportation nearby.
• Pre-registration preferred. Please specify which sessions you will attend. Payment for the workshop in cash or personal check at the door. Email: chicagoions (at) gmail.com. Phone: 630-834-4442.
• Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDU) are available for participation. Inquire at registration desk.
CHRIS BACHE
Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University for three decades, adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Director of the Transformative Learning at IONS (2000-2002). An award-winning teacher, Chris is the author of The Living Classroom (2008), Dark Night, Early Dawn (2000), and Lifecycles (1990). His work explores the philosophical implications of visionary states of of consciousness, and more recently, fields of consciousness in the classroom.
CHI-IONS
CHI-IONS is the Chicago-area community group of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). Our purpose is to cultivate our community’s exploration of conscious for individual and collective transformation. To learn more about this program, the Chicago community group, or to receive the CHI-IONS newsletter, email chicagoions (at) gmail.com or phone Lynn at 630-834-4442.