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Schools are farms not factories

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Heather Wells is the principle of  a Co Ed 4-18 Independent College in a very traditional education context and a struggling economy.  She trained and started her career in the UK as  teacher and school administrator with a specialization in management in Education and in Special and Inclusive Education.

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   Heather believes education is about learning for tomorrow not just for exams and where individuals are seen and heard, where learning to learn is a process and individual skills and talents are recognized and exploited.

 I asked Heather: 

  • just how possible she believes it is for Wonderfully Wired kids to thrive in conventional schools.  

  • What shifts she believes teachers and schools can make to really foster inclusive classrooms 

  • and how she would encourage parents of Wonderfully Wired kids go about advocating for their kids.

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the blogs

Because children are not all the same it's time to leave the image of school as a factory behind.

Elle Reading - schools are farms
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Are all children natural learners or do children have to be made to learn?

Elle Reading - children are natural learners
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Teachers are more like farmers than factory workers moving products on a conveyer belt.

Elle Reading - teacher are farmers
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Parents are no longer on the outside of education but pivotal partners in the process.

Elle Reading - parents no longer on the
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