Do Schools/Learning Communities Need a Curriculum?
Your invitation to a live webinar on 28th February
Are you thinking about setting up your own school or learning community? Are you confused about what type of curriculum to offer?
Maybe you’re considering offering your country’s National Curriculum, or perhaps you’re looking for a holistic alternative, which places more emphasis on mental health, wellbeing and 21st century life-skills. Or maybe you’re considering a more self-directed, consent-based approach where proposed activities/projects are co-created with the young people.
This webinar on 28th February aims to help you explore various options.
You are invited to meet three experts from various educational settings, each one offering a different perspective:
1. National Curriculum
Sean Bellamy is the co-founder of democratic school, Sands in Devon, UK. At Sands, students follow the English National Curriculum, but they have the freedom to opt in and out of the lessons on offer.
2. Da Vinci Life-Skills
Rosina Dorelli is the co-founder of the Biophilic Education Alliance, which has created a holistic curriculum called Da Vinci Life-Skills. Rather than teaching traditional subjects, they offer mentoring in five transdisciplinary ‘real-world’ projects. It is currently being piloted in Bali, Bermuda and Cambridgeshire, UK.
3. Consent-Based, Self-Directed Education
Sophie Christophy is an education visionary/innovator, and co-founder of consent-based, self-directed learning communities, The Cabin and The Lodge on the Hertfordshire/Essex border, UK. It could be easy to assume that there’s no curriculum at all in settings like these, but Sophie will talk about the “hidden curriculum” and invite us to question what a curriculum actually is, as the culture and values in SDE/CBE spaces are very much intentional components of each young person’s learning experience.
Join this Webinar!
You will have the chance to hear a short presentation from each of our guests, and then you are invited to ask your questions to the panel.
You can register for this webinar here. Hope to see you there!
Future Webinars
This is the first of many webinars we’ll be running this year, in collaboration with Limitless podcast host, Alex O’Neill. Stay tuned in the Progressive Education Group for details of upcoming events. We’ll also keep you updated via email.