Objectives and
Format of the Project
The objectives of the New Learning Project are:
- to produce and distribute useful information to individuals,
communities and governments in the Maritime Provinces interested
in enhancing education by utilizing a range of opportunities and alternatives;
- to facilitate a network of education-oriented individuals and organizations
in Maritime Canada; and
- to document the work of the Margaree community
in its decade-long struggle to protect Primary to Grade 12 community-based
education.
In line with these objectives, our work has focused on preparing materials
that will be a reference package for students, teachers, parents, communities
and governments, a tool for community development and the improvement
of education, and a framework around which to build a network of "new
learning" advocates.
The format of the New Learning Project has three elements:
- The New Learning Guide outlines in the following four chapters:
- the opportunities for enhancement to education that are currently
available within the public systems in the Maritime Provinces;
- possible
alternatives to the public schools that we now have;
- ways to build communities
and strategies for effective action for change; and
- a proposal for a "community-operated public school".
The Guide also includes three appended chapters:
- a comprehensive resource list;
- information on the public education
structures in the three Maritime provinces; and
- an annotated bibliography.
- The New Learning Homepage presents all
the information found in The New Learning Guide and will be
available for printing from a .pdf
format document. The Homepage also has other Margaree Education Coalition
documents for reference. Users may post opinions, ideas and suggestions
on New Learning and they will be able to link directly to other websites
found in the New Learning Resources appendix.
Visit us at: www.newlearning.ns.ca
Note: url valid at time of publication
- The New Learning Presentation is a twenty-minute
Power Point display that identifies the major aspects of the project
and reinforces the important messages through the use of overhead projections.
The presentation is complete with speaker's notes and audience hand-outs
and may be downloaded from the Homepage.
To receive a copy of The New Learning Presentation package, please contact: The Margaree Education Coalition
P.O. Box 623, Margaree Forks
Inverness County, Nova Scotia
BOE 2AO
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