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comfort and what it means to be
                                                                  comfortable.
                                                                  Continuing further in the same
                                                                  manner, teacher and students will
                                                                  discuss the notions of: creativity,
                                                                  creative environment, and space.
                                                                  After they discuss it, they can
                                                                  connect the notions and discuss of
                                                                  which space makes them
                                                                  comfortable, or what kind of
                                                                  space inspires their creativity.
                                                                  The goal of this is to connect the
                                                                  main ideas of Coworking Spaces
                                                                  – comfort, creative environment
                                                                  and space. This discussion should
                                                                  last up to 20 minutes.

                                                                  Teacher should continue in the
                                                                  same manner discussing the
                                                                  notions of sustainability,
                                                                  functionality and community,
                                                                  which are also the notions which
                                                                  are related to Coworking Space.
                                                                  These discussions exercises
                                                                  should motivate students to think
                                                                  of the notions important for
                                                                  creating a space for those who
                                                                  wish to engage in Coworking
                                                                  Space and are important when it
                                                                  comes to understanding what it
                                                                  means to build a Coworking
                                                                  Space for a community.
                                                                  Students then can together, in a
                                                                  discussion, try to define each of
                                                                  the notions they discussed. On a
                                                                  piece of paper or in their
                                                                  notebooks they should write
                                                                  down the definition of mentioned
                                                                  terms. Teacher will then question
                                                                  them and motivate them to share
                                                                  their ideas and definitions, and
                                                                  together work on common
                                                                  definition for various terms.
                                                                  This entire exercise should last
                                                                  for the first 45 minutes of the
                                                                  lesson, which engages students in
                                                                  Critical Thinking and also
                                                                  develops their communication
                                                                  skills.
                                                                  (Teachers should familiarize


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