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SelfDesign
Learning Community
Phone: 604-224-3640
E-mail:
info@selfdesign.org
Address: P.O. Box 74560, Vancouver,
BC, V6K 4P4, Canada
Contact: Brent Cameron
Website:
www.selfdesign.org
Year Founded: 2002
Ages Served: 5-14
Estimated Number of Students: 600
Funding: Public
Description:
SelfDesign emerges from the enthusiasm of
learners to create their own learning
experiences. The curriculum results from
curiosity and discovery, planned projects and
the inspriation of mentors that are hired by the
learners. Based on the 20 years of success in
the Wondertree program, SelfDesign has taken the
methodolgy, now called SelfDesign, to hundreds
of home learning families throughout the
province of British Columbia. Decisions,
schedules, agreements are managed through
consensus. Learners start the year with a
learning plan that is mentored year-long with a
Learning Consultant (certified teacher) and the
parents of the learner. As part of the
free-school movement our philosophy entails
getting out of the way of the learner. In
addition, and informed by the latest
breakthroughs by science into human development
we work with children through self-awareness to
design and create optimum qualities and
conditions for personal well-being and
development.
A book describing the first 20 years of research
into this new paradigm methodology has been
written and published in 2006. The book is,
SelfDesign: Nurturing Genius Through Natural
Learning by Brent Cameron and Barbara Meyer
and details the stories and insights into the
methodology that is unique to SelfDesign. Our
work focuses on process rather than content and
relates to the fields of epistemology, ontology,
cybernetics, systems theory, neuro-linguistics
and neuro-biology among others. Our graduates do
extremely well in university, their careers and
interpersonally because they learn to be
self-responsible and self-motivated individuals.
SelfDesign provides an online village for
parents, learners and mentors to collaborate and
create an active emerging online learning
community. The work has won four major national
Canadian awards including the Prime Minister’s
Award for Teaching Excellence in 2006.
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