Category Archives: Discussion

(Introduction to LOCUS)

A Good Teacher

By Anne-Marie | Published: 20 January 2006
A good teacher should love the people she will be teaching – be they adults or children. She should have knowledge of and enthusiasm for the subject she will be teaching. She should be lateral thinking, flexible, warm and able to guide without being intrusive. A good teacher should be encouraging to the more advanced [...]
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LOCUS Principles and Elements

By Je'anna | Published: 20 January 2006
(‘Design’ refers to the modus operandi and ‘curriculum’of the LOCUS as much as to the physical spaces it will occupy.) The final LOCUS design must take into account that : (To save time and space please only agree silently. Submit comments of only debate, requests for clarification, suggestions for other items for inclusion on this [...]
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List of Theorists to Read

By Je'anna | Published: 20 January 2006
John Dewey John Holt Bonnie Benard Steven Harrison Carl Rogers A.S. Neill (LOCUS members are invited to add to this list by leaving comments here)
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List of Possible Speakers

By Je'anna | Published: 20 January 2006
Ian Moll on early childhood development Sr.Dipty of the Brahma Kumari on soul consciousness and values in children’s education Halle Berman on creativity Graham Codrington on youth issues (LOCUS members are invited to add to this list by leaving comments here)
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Possible Initiatives to Explore and Learn from

By Je'anna | Published: 20 January 2006
The Southern Cross school in Hoedspruit Taizé Gezonheid – the Patch Adams approach The Living School in Colorado St Benedict Pre-primary in Bedfordview And a school in Swellendam, which Rose will follow up on. (LOCUS members are invited to add to this list by leaving comments here)
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