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What is the Big Little Window (BLW)?
A Big Little Window (BLW) is any digital or material object or artefact that represents the core concepts of the Big Little Thinking (BLT) framework.
Generally, a Big Little Window (BLW) should represent one or more of the following concepts:
- Lefts and Rights: The main poles of a problem
- Positives and Negatives: The main values that conflict within a problem
- Pasts and Futures: The origins and ends of a problem
The archetypal Big Little Window (BLW) represents these concepts by combining a:
- Circle (Lefts-Rights)
- Square (Positives-Negatives)
- Centre (Past-Future)
Teachers and learners can use a Big Little Window (BLW) in many different ways to explore a problem.
CIRCLE the PROBLEM
To Circle the Problem is to identify and investigate the most significant tensions (i.e. dyads, poles, or zygos) that are relevant to the content of a problem.
Zygos are represented by complementary degrees (e.g. 0-180) on the outer circle, where there is general affinity between constituents to the left (90-0-270) and the right (90-180-270).
SQUARE the PROBLEM
To Square the Problem is to represent and explore the values of the matter that give it meaning.
A single zygo is represented in its most neutral form along the horizontal axis (left-right), with its value-laden forms represented along the vertical axis (positive-negative).
CENTRE the PROBLEM
CENTRE the PROBLEM
To Centre the Problem is to explore ultimate questions (i.e. Cosmological, Epistemological, Ontological, Axiological, Teleological) that make sense of more contextual positions on matter and meaning.
The concentric circles and squares represent movement back to questions of origins and more foundational forms, and forward to questions of ends and more differentiated forms.