I learn best when surrounded by nature, dogs, and hippies lessons learned from a northern alternative school: an ethnographic study
The Carcross Community Education Centre (CCEC) was an educational experiment that operated during the 1970's in the Yukon. I was involved in the school as a summer worker, student and parent member. No evaluation of this experiment has been undertaken although various former community members h...
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ftunbcolumbiadc:oai:unbc.arcabc.ca:unbc_15504 2024-05-19T07:38:54+00:00 I learn best when surrounded by nature, dogs, and hippies lessons learned from a northern alternative school: an ethnographic study Quarton, Gerald George (Author) MacMillan, Peter (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2015 electronic Number of pages in document: 95 https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc:15504/datastream/PDF/download https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A15504 https://doi.org/10.24124/2015/bpgub1671 English eng University of Northern British Columbia Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Alternative schools -- Yukon -- Carcross Alternative education -- Yukon -- Carcross LC46.8.C32 Y87 2015 Text research (documents) 2015 ftunbcolumbiadc https://doi.org/10.24124/2015/bpgub1671 2024-04-19T00:29:37Z The Carcross Community Education Centre (CCEC) was an educational experiment that operated during the 1970's in the Yukon. I was involved in the school as a summer worker, student and parent member. No evaluation of this experiment has been undertaken although various former community members have documented and reflected on the experience. I surveyed 109 former community members to evaluate CCEC's impact, especially on the educational pursuits and careers of former students. Respondents reported that relationships and a sense of community, engagement and authentic learning, opportunities to learn in more hands-on ways, and a supportive environment all contributed to their later success in life, as reflected in high levels of post-secondary education and significant contributions to the adult communities where they live. Implications for current teaching practice include increasing student engagement by providing more hands-on and authentic learning experiences, and a greater focus on teacher-student relationships and the impact of the environments in which students learn. --Leaf ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2006865 Text Carcross Yukon UNBC's Digital Institutional Repository (University of Northern British Columbia) |
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The Carcross Community Education Centre (CCEC) was an educational experiment that operated during the 1970's in the Yukon. I was involved in the school as a summer worker, student and parent member. No evaluation of this experiment has been undertaken although various former community members have documented and reflected on the experience. I surveyed 109 former community members to evaluate CCEC's impact, especially on the educational pursuits and careers of former students. Respondents reported that relationships and a sense of community, engagement and authentic learning, opportunities to learn in more hands-on ways, and a supportive environment all contributed to their later success in life, as reflected in high levels of post-secondary education and significant contributions to the adult communities where they live. Implications for current teaching practice include increasing student engagement by providing more hands-on and authentic learning experiences, and a greater focus on teacher-student relationships and the impact of the environments in which students learn. --Leaf ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2006865 |
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