Comments on: Making PDP the central learning process by shifting to negotiated credits

By: adam

adam — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:01:16 +0000

I’d like to think more people will have the guts to take such an approach; it seems to be necessary to equip people to be able to cope with the complexities of life and work in the 21st century. This will be hard work in state-funded schools, with politicians being wary of risk and ignorant headlines in the press but maybe projects like IDIBL (http://idibl.bolton.ac.uk/approach-to-learning) can make waves in higher education.

By: Lorna

Lorna — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:10:26 +0000

This is fascinating Wilbert. Do you have any thoughts on how your schooling influenced your subsequent educational development? Were you able to continue negotiating your learning and reflecting on your competencies in more formal educational instituions? Also, you say your school is long gone, do you know if there are any similar establishments still running?

By: Vashti

Vashti — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:42:32 +0000

Sounds like a really interesting school Wilbert. I used to enjoy reading about an English school called Summerhill which also took an unconventional approach to learning.
Good points made as well, I’ve always found the school system here a bit too rigid and formal in its teaching methods. I’d love to teach English again sometime, but not restricted by the bounds of the curriculum, more by doing what you say and finding out the student’s exisitng interests and knowledge and then introducing them to more creative things.

By: asimong

asimong — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:57:48 +0000

Wow, thanks, Wilbert!