Brent
is first a father and second an educator.
For the past 25 years he has been working
with children, youth, families and educators
in a unique - beyond the paradigm of schooling
- learning community in Vancouver and British
Columbia Canada. It all started in 1983 when
his 6 year old daughter walked out of school
after the first two weeks. He was so inspired
by her enthusiasm and delightful curiosity
about the world that he could not stand to
send her to a place she found boring. He had
been inspired by her playful learning and
decided to design a learning program around
all children’s natural learning ability.
He worked for the next 8 years with a group
of 12 children and won 3 national Canadian
awards for his program. For the next 4 years
he and a colleague founded an innovative learning
community for about 35 teenagers. The program
won several more local, national and international
awards.
In
2002 Brent and several colleagues took the
unique learning methodologies developed in
the Wondertree and Virtual High programs and
designed an online version called the SelfDesign
Learning Community for home learning families
in the province of BC. Starting with 100 learners
in 2002 the program has now grown to over
1000 learners and their families in the year
2009. The program won the Prime Minister’s
Award several years ago and Brent is currently
writing his Ph.D. thesis on the attributes
of the programs and on research into the lifelong
influence on its graduates who are now 30
years old. The SelfDesign Foundation is currently
responding to interest from around the world
to the success of Brent and his partner River’s
book - SelfDesign: Nurturing Genius through
Natural Learning. SelfDesign is an integral
program using holistic learning strategies
and new models for understanding how human’s
learn and live, to help each learner in their
family and community find their purpose and
work towards self-actualization.
Brent
Cameron M.A. (Ph.D.)
Wondertree Foundation for Natural Learning
Wondertree Learning Center
SelfDesign Learning Community
SelfDesign Learning Systems Inc.
Kitsilano PO Box 74560
Vancouver, BC V6K 4P4
Vancouver Office 604-224-3640
iphone 778-987-0112
ichat brentcameron@mac.com
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