Vancouver reporter Geoff Olson writes again this week about SelfDesign. In his article “Kids climb own course in Wondertree program,” he quotes Wondertree and SelfDesign founder Brent Cameron: “Every single one of our learners is on an individualized curriculum that is tailor-made by and for each individual learner. Each learner from age six on [...]
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Kids Climb Own Course
Posted in Learning Style, tagged Alternative Education, Brent Cameron, educational philosophy, global, individualized curriculum, knowledge-able, selfdesign on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Alternatives to School
Posted in Learning Style, tagged alternative school, alternatives to school, Learning Community, learning styles, mid-life crisis, montessori, natural learning, self-directed learning, selfdesign on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The fantastic truth revealed to me that night is that school doesn’t work for most children. It never has. It wasn’t designed to work for children. So, let’s not focus on choosing the best “school” or “education” for our children. Let’s focus on creating the best learning environments for our children. Let’s forget about “alternative schools” which are often a milder, kinder version of what different works. Let’s look for alternatives to school.
Development of the Child
Posted in Learning Style, tagged Brent Cameron, child development, children's rights, development of the child, humberto maturana, Learning Community, self design on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As a SelfDesign Mom of two girls, ages 6 and 2, I am a keen observer of their development. I have observed that, while their bodies may be small, their imaginations, zest for life, and capacity for self-love is amazing!
I would like to challenge our current cultural meme that informs us our children are “less [...]
SelfDesign addresses details of Obama’s Educational Reform Agenda
Posted in Learning Community, Learning Style, SelfDesign 101, tagged educational reform, emotional intelligence, entrepreneur, group projects, K-12, leadership skills, learning communities, learning disabilities, learning plan, learning portfolio, learning program, NLP, no child left behind, Obama education, Obama-Biden Education Agenda, personal development, President-Elect Obama, selfdesign, technology, testing, transform teaching on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
8 ways to solve the problems of the past with thinking from the future
From the The Obama-Biden Plan -
Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that our kids and our country can’t afford four more years of neglect and indifference. At this defining moment in our history, America faces few more urgent challenges than preparing our [...]
What is a great learning program?
Posted in Learning Style, tagged selfdesign, education, learning program, learning center, self-directed learning, life learners on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SelfDesign Global is part of a family of learning programs which includes the Wondertree Learning Center in Vancouver. Recently a grandmother visited the school there to see how her grandchild was doing. She shared this concern during the visit:
“I’m an educator, a retired schoolteacher with years and years of teaching experience, and I can’t really [...]
