1) This has been the way of learning at sea for centuries, and it's a good o=
ne.
2) See what remains to be learned of the late lamented Shackleton Schools, a=
base-campus-plus-travel secondary model that had some amazing features alon=
g with fatal economic sustainability flaws. I was ready to drop everything a=
nd sign up, not so many years back.
Fun thread, this--Peter Gow
from my iPhone
On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Sarah Hanawald <shanawald@gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting you mention this--I have *The Majic
> Bus<http://www.amazon.com/Majic-Bus-American-Odyssey/dp/1560254963/ref=3Ds=
r_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1283474989&sr=3D8-1>:
> An American Odyssey* by Douglas Brinkley ready to go to the beach with me
> this weekend. =46rom *Publisher's Weekly*: Six weeks on the road with an
> experimental college history class which crisscrossed the country on a
> sleeper bus.
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> I'm looking forward to the reading!
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> Sarah Hanawald
> Cannon School
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> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:24 PM, William New <wnew@novent.net> wrote:
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>> On Aug 30, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Bassett, Patrick wrote:
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>>> a box with movable parts (chairs, desks, manipulatives, technology, etc.=
)
>>=20
>> Rather than have the inside parts move around inside a fixed box, perhaps=
>> we should put the classroom inside a big bus or railroad car. That way t=
he
>> inside parts stay the same and the outside moves as the bus/train travels=
>> around seeing different scenery, different cities, different regions.
>>=20
>> I am reminded of the sea captain's family who joined him on voyages. Mom=
>> taught class on the deck, and every day there was a different outside wor=
ld,
>> traveling from port to port, country to country, hearing different langua=
ges
>> and seeing different peoples.
>>=20
>> These kids (like many other children of American expatriates) became Thir=
d
>> Culture Kids (TCK/3CK) with substantial multi-dimensional advantages over=
>> stay-at-home kids.
>>=20
>> We might think about starting a school in a bus or a train or a ship -- a=
nd
>> thereby move the outside box instead of the inside parts.
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>> =3D=3D=3D Bill
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>> William New
>> Trustee
>> Putney School
>> Putney, VT 05346
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