The TJ Awards 2008: benchmark for success
By Debbie Carter (February 2008 Issue)
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The educational reformer, John Dewey, once wrote that “the business of education might be defined as an emancipation and enlargement of experience”.
Most of us can identify with these words. For example, we may describe parts of our work in terms of ‘learning by doing’ and of widening opportunities, or giving people new experiences. Our task is to work with people so that they may have a greater understanding or appreciation of their experiences. For example, the way in which we may work with a group to plan a foreign visit would be significantly different from the way we would plan our own holiday. Learning is the prime purpose of the first, and relaxation the second
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