tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post115086599925674918..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: More from Mr Beane! Democratic SchoolsBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1151406197006490962006-06-27T23:03:00.000+12:002006-06-27T23:03:00.000+12:00Beane is 'talking ' about a personalised curriculu...Beane is 'talking ' about a personalised curriculum, as well as a democratic one. I have never seen a truly democratic school. I guess you find them in practicing democracies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1151101352987785872006-06-24T10:22:00.000+12:002006-06-24T10:22:00.000+12:00Developing a school system aimed at developing stu...Developing a school system aimed at developing students with democratic blood in their veins, ready and willing to enter the world to make it a fairer place, would be a great vision. Possibly sounds like the ideals of John Dewey.<BR/><BR/>This was an idea provided to me by a UK teacher by e-mail in response to the 'blog'.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1151062391542891652006-06-23T23:33:00.000+12:002006-06-23T23:33:00.000+12:00Isn't it strange that schools are not often 'learn...Isn't it strange that schools are not often 'learning organisations' let alone democratic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1150888805674352642006-06-21T23:20:00.000+12:002006-06-21T23:20:00.000+12:00I still like the idea of the 'emergent' programme ...I still like the idea of the 'emergent' programme - or as one writer (Peter Ellyard) calls it - 'just in time teaching' as against the traditional 'just in case!' one.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1150887906969443422006-06-21T23:05:00.000+12:002006-06-21T23:05:00.000+12:00This is so much like what we used to do -particula...This is so much like what we used to do -particularly the idea of the 'emergent' curriculum! I still however like the idea of every learner their own IEP but this does not preclude students achieving things in groups, or working within negotiated themes. It is the 'love of the learning' that counts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com